Table feel
Open Ocean has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to others' strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
Open Ocean
Players
1-5
Time
20-30
Age
8+
Weight
1.33
Rating
6.57
Fit
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
3.8
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Open Ocean has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and allows players to improve their strategies over time. The player interaction score is moderate. Open Ocean scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn, providing a balance between accessibility and depth. Overall, Open Ocean has a strong replayability score of 7.68.
Luck profile
Open Ocean has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements such as dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
Overview
As a budding marine biologist, you’ve traveled across the globe exploring the hidden wonders of the underwater world. It’s been your lifelong dream to study the vibrant ecosystems of the coral reef, and now you are about to start 3 days of uninterrupted underwater exploration! There’s only one problem, the day before you arrived, a typhoon hit the reef. All you can see now is one tiny coral, but hey…at least it’s a start! Most of the reef’s residents seem to have sought safety from the crashing waves out in the Open Ocean. They are just waiting for the waters to calm before returning home. Can you coax them back, and rebuild the reef into the vibrant ecosystem it once was? Open Ocean is a card drafting and placement game for 1-5 players. The goal is to create the highest scoring combination of colorful creatures in your Reef! Each turn Players: PICK a card from their current hand PLAY the card they picked into their Reef PASS the remaining cards clockwise to the next player Players are competing to collect creatures as they are passed around the table, and to attract additional creatures from the Ocean (as shared pool of cards in the center of the table)before their opponents do. Players can use special cards to snag specific fish from the Ocean or an opponent’s reef and turn the tides in their favor. At the end of three rounds players score points and earn bonuses for the type and placement of creatures they collected over the course of the game. The player with the highest scoring reef wins! -description from designer
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Credits
Designers
1
Joel Bodkin
Artists
1
Joel Bodkin
Publishers
1
Featherstone Games
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