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(More customer reviews)A game for 2-4 players this game is very fun. It's a very strategic and can take some getting used to if your not used to this sort of game. I've heard it's Carrcoson like but I have yet to try that game. Each turn has about 10 things you can do. Step 1 and 10 have to be done the first thing you do or last thing but the rest of the actions can be done in any order. The game boards are nice thick cardboard, printed in bright candy colors, and has wood componets. It's rule book explains every turn action by action but is kind of dry and a little convelutedly. If you pick this up read the rules a few times and try a play through on your own to see how it goes. Episode 12 of the How to play Podcast has a very good break down of how to play the game that can help as well. It might not be for the traditional board game players that are used to things like Minopoly but more for people that like Risk or Stratigo or people that like Eropeian games. The game really does simulate in a basic form the way real reef work. One coral will grow and sometimes comes in contact with another and then it's a race to see who can digest the other quicker. Parrot fish eat away at them and shrimp protect them.
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Reef Encounter is about life on a coral reef! Using polyp tiles, players grow different types of corals, which they can protect from being attacked by other corals through judicious placing of their four wooden shrimp. To be successful players must consume polyps from neighboring corals in order to acquire the "consumed" polyp tiles that are the key to the game. The consumed polyp tiles have a myriad of uses (and have a similar effect to the action points in games like Tikal and Java). Most importantly they can be used to flip over or lock the coral tiles, which determine the respective values of the different types of coral at the end of the game.Players: 2-4 Ages: 10 and up Playing Time: 60 - 120 minutes
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