Watch “PORTALS - A Transporting Preview,” a board game video for Portals from Man vs Meeple on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Man vs Meeple on YouTube:
Take a look at this multi-step drafting game, with stones, keys, and...PORTALS. This game might give some tile drafting/placement vibes along the line of Azul, but it mixes in a bit more magic along the way. Check it out and see what it's doing, and whether it's a game you want to look into further...
This video is sponsored in part by Crowd Games.
BGG Page:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/386168/portals
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Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Portals is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
1 - 4 players
40 - 80 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Portals, from BoardGameGeek:
Portals is an abstract game akin to chess. If you enjoy spacial reasoning puzzles and visualizing spacial sequences, you will enjoy Portals!
During the game, players draft fabulous Elemental stones to complete various shapes on Key cards. By activating completed Key cards, players fill Elemental boards with stones and gain Victory Points for matching colors and adjacency.
Game Features
Easy to learn, hard to master. Start playing quickly, get better with every game.
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Close interaction. You share everything with other players, so you'll inevitably mess someone's plans up.
Tactical variability. There's no ‘one size fits all' winning strategy.
Additional modules. Additional challenges to spice things up.
Beautiful components. Vibrant colors, a player-friendly design and stones that are great to play with.
Solo mode. Great and crunchy puzzle to enjoy alone.
-description from the publisher