Petri Dish

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Petri Dish has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

Petri Dish offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, multiple paths to victory, and variable setups. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, allowing for new content and gameplay elements. The game also provides deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement over time. The player interaction score is average, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the investment. Overall, Petri Dish has a strong replayability score of 7.85.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Petri Dish is 5.67, indicating a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Petri Dish is a dice-driven contest between pyramidal micro-organisms. This Looney Pyramids game had a long pre-history as an unpublished prototype before its first publication as part of Pyramid Arcade. Each of 2 to 10 (!) players has nine pieces, of which four start in play. The goal is to eliminate all of the other players' pieces, or to get all of yours onto the board. Each turn, a player takes three actions, constrained by the throw of a set of three custom dice.

Mechanism

2

Area Movement Dice Rolling

Family

1

Components: Looney Pyramid Games

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Credits

Designers

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Andrew Looney

Publishers

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Looney Labs

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