I'm generally not a huge fan of attacky games where players are regularly targeting each other, but I know a lot of folks who really enjoy these types of games. If that's you, this would be a really fun one to try. I haven't played a lot of the Evolution series, but I really enjoy the mechanism of creating creatures with different attributes for attack, defense, or just general cool abilities. Here you're trying to get enough energy to transmute your creatures, and the first to do that 3 times wins.
As far as components, the quality is great. It's mostly cards, but they're great to handle with a nice finish. The art and theme are a bit wacky, but very colorful and fun - not what I would normally go for, but it really breathes life into the creatures. Mechanically, I like the way the game works. Each turn is fairly quick and simple and you're generally doing a few things to improve your creatures and progress towards winning. The game does a neat job of organically progressing to the end of a round once gems and cards run out, and the game usually ends within about 4-6 rounds, so it's a nice place and nice overall length. I also appreciate dune if the strategic timing elements and planning - you can set up cool combos with your creatures, react to what your opponents are doing, and just deciding what to do each round as your main actual and which creature to use is a neat decision with a few trade offs to consider.
There is some attacking here, so it kind of reminds me of Munchkin - race towards the goal and attack whoever's in the lead to slow them down. Although you can win without attacking - in my last game I never attacked and just used a lot of defense, but also barely eeked out the win because the other players started attacking each other at the end. If you like calculated strategy, this might not be a great fit, but if you enjoy attacking each other and a little chaos, this provides that within a really solid mechanical structure.
Overall, this is not really a game for me personally, but still one I can appreciate and would easily recommend for folks who enjoy this kind of game. There are certainly some tableau-building elements I enjoy and for a genre that's not really my preference, this does a solid job of delivering something I enjoyed.
| Productafmetingen | 25,4 x 7,62 x 0,25 cm; 820 g |
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| Door fabrikant aanbevolen leeftijd | 11 jaar en ouder |
| Modelnummer item | CGA14001 |
| Stopgezet door fabrikant | Nee |
| Taal: | Engels |
| Modelnummer | CGA14001 |
| Aantal spelers | 1-4 |
| Montage vereist? | Nee |
| Batterijen vereist? | Nee |
| Batterijen inbegrepen? | Nee |
| Materiaalsoort(en) | Karton |
| Kleur | Multicolor |
| Taal | Engels |
| ASIN | B0CQRLFZH9 |
