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Nov 12, 2024·Review·10:49·1·Watch on YouTube

Tatsumi Preview - Well Done Dragon!

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Watch “Tatsumi Preview - Well Done Dragon!,” a board game review for Tatsumi from BoardGameCo on BoardGameVideo.

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BoardGameCo Ko-Fi (Exclusive Content) - https://ko-fi.com/boardgameco BoardGameCo Patreon (Exclusive Content) - https://bit.ly/3sKcAYf Instagram - https://bit.ly/39GvjNH -------------------------------------------- Channels I Recommend (Not a comprehensive list by any means) Professor Meg - http://bit.ly/3XKR1ol Devon Talks Tabletop - https://bit.ly/36HAr3l The Board Game Garden - https://bit.ly/495mdEO Room & Board - https://bit.ly/48ZeurF Thinker Themer - https://bit.ly/495mis6 -------------------------------------------- Crowdfunding Link - https://gamefound.com/projects/adams-apple-games/tatsumi?refcode=iWqWjiHEy0C56k0F_uYCcw In Tatsumi, you play as dragon gathering elements at sea and providing good fortune for your island. There are four elements, and each element is represented by unique colored elemental ring. There are four dragons, and each dragon is represented by one of the elements. The game is over when the elements at sea are exhausted and your island creators are relying on you to provide protection and good fortune for the coming year. Your gameplay is influenced by your dragon's elemental alignment, and you will need to gather raw elemental rings from the sea purifying them at elemental shrines. Once the elemental rings have been purified, they are placed onto your island, protecting your creators and also scoring you points. May the best water dragon win. Tatsumi explores new type of resource drafting that revolves around each player's dragon and its positioning and movement around the board. The 3D board physically holds every gatherable resource in the game, eliminating round to round setup tasks and allowing you to strategically plan ahead. Resources are needed to complete set collections and are then placed onto your island into your point scoring engine. During your turn, you may perform two actions, one of which is a flying action (you are a dragon). The other action is a choice between gathering resources, scoring resources, or shedding a scale. Flying is single point-to-point movement, often setting up your position on the board for your next action. Gathering is taking two resources from the board as a result of your position and unique dragon. Scoring is transferring gathered rings onto your island and scoring points based on each color ring that you transferred. Shedding a scale provides a unique opportunity to interface with the game, often taken during an awkward board state or positioning, and it provides a short term or long term benefit provided. When you're done with the game, simply reload the 3d board with rings for storage and affix the lid to enable a quick set-up next time you play. BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/366089/tatsumi TimeStamps: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:00:30 - Overview 0:09:30 - Summary My Game Table (Non Referral) https://bit.ly/4cPRRay https://bit.ly/3W51bQE (Partner Company for Components) Upgrade Your Game At Top Shelf Gamer (Referral Link) https://bit.ly/3siD0PL For media inquiries, please email alex@boardgameco.com For Gamefound inquiries, please email me at a.radcliffe@gamefound.com

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Tatsumi

Tatsumi

2026·Jeremy Rozenhart

Videos
18
Creators
13

Mainly reviews. Tatsumi is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 9 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 1 other video.

1 - 4 players
40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Tatsumi, from BoardGameGeek:

In Tatsumi, the island celebrates you as their guardian dragon, their Tatsu. Your calling is to restore the elements on your island and renew good fortune for your people. Drafting resources, collecting sets, and scoring bonuses in Tatsumi relies on the position of your dragon avatar on the seaboard, creating a more immersive and believable abstract strategy experience. The seaboard randomizes and stages the entire game's resources into a 3-dimensional central board so you can strategically look ahead planning when to collect and when to score. The tile-placement in Tatsumi has a puzzly yet satisfying feel through a clever combination of engine-building, instant scoring, and elemental inspired end game tile-placement bonuses for you to maximize. Each player may play with a symmetric setup for learning or competition, or a fully asymmetric island and dragon combination for tons of replayability. Fans of games like Azul, Harmonies, and Splendor will appreciate the intuitive gameplay, elevated componentry, and additional features specifically developed to extend beyond gateway games in this genre for gamers that enjoy solo-play, symmetric and asymmetric combinations, and a multigame feel packed into a single box. -description from the publisher

Designer

Jeremy Rozenhart

Artist

Shirley Gong

Publisher

Adam's Apple Games, LLC

Categories

Abstract StrategyMythology

Mechanics

End Game BonusesGrid Movement
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