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Hi Reader, We have a webshop announcement, new tutorial videos, and more artwork previews for Wildscape!
🚚 Free Shipping in the WebshopThe Karma Games webshop is now offering FREE SHIPPING to most countries* on all orders that include at least 1 big box game: This makes figuring out your cost before having to go through the whole check-out step so much easier. 📦
*Qualifying orders to the following countries will instead have reduced rate shipping: Bahrain, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. 🎞️ How-to-Play VideosIf you haven’t been to Ryan’s How I Roll channel yet, do yourself a favor and check it out. His how-to-play videos are quick, fun to watch, and very clear. We’ve got two of our very own tutorials on his page: Peninsula (15 min) and Millennia: Tracks of Time (20 min). These are great if you haven’t gotten a chance to open up the rules yourself. Or if you just want to learn more about how the game works before buying, these vids will tell you everything you need to know. We’re looking forward to seeing what Ryan does for our next new game (still in development) Wildscape! Over on the No BS Guide, you can find the excellent Clans of Caledonia: Industria tutorial (11.5 min). John Boecker had done the original Clans of Caledonia tutorial way back in 2016, and he came out of retirement to put this together for us. Thank you, John! Finally, the team at Optimal Play sat down together for a casual how-to-play explanation of Thiefdom. Watch as you learn alongside with the guys learning the game from their resident expert. 🎨 Wildscape Preview – The Rondel BoardWe’re deep into the visual design development for Wildscape, and since I talked about the rondel mechanic last time, I wanted to give you a look at what we’re talking about. As a quick reminder how the rondel works, each section of the roundel has specifc possible actions you can take, for example:
establish a herbivore or place
… or gain an animal card. Then at the end of your turn, any action tokens you spend spill into the next clockwise sections of the rondel in a mancala-style mechanic. The dimples on the spokes help you remember which way to go!
You’ll notice shaded hex spaces in each segment. These hold habitat tiles that you will also claim for free from the segment you choose.
These tiles are multifaceted, containing from 1 to 3 different habitat types each and in every combination of wetlands, woodlands, savanna, and desert. When you lay these tiles into your land and match the edges as you go, you build out various sized habitat spaces for animals to find safe, protected places to settle. Of course, bigger habitats fit more and bigger animals. All habitat tiles and the rondel board are illustrated by our box cover artist Miguel Coimbra (known from 7 Wonders, Cyclades, Small World). The inspiration for Wildscape’s rondel illustration is Mount Lico in Mozambique, Africa. With 700m sheer cliffs, the mountain holds 74 acres of pristine rainforest hidden atop its volcanic crater. The story of its discovery is told in the National Geographic documentary “The Lost Forest” (2020).
In our alternate world, the rondel shows that the land around Mount Lico has been over-harvested and stripped of vegetation, but the forest atop that plateau was spared by its remote location. With careful planning, the bounty of life it still contains may hold the seed to restart a new, sustainable ecosystem. ☝️ Wildscape on TTS has Gone SoloIf you’ve been waiting to try out Wildscape until the solo mode was available on TTS, the wait is over. So if that’s you Reader, you can playtest Wildscape now on our Tabletop Simulator mod and leave feedback with this playtester link. Of course, the multiplayer game works, too. See you next time! And don’t forget there’s free shipping on the webshop for all our big games.
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