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Brand | Capstone Games |
Material | Cardboard |
Theme | Games |
Genre | Strategy |
Number of Players | 5 |
About this item
- Fun strategy game with a simple game principle and very little luck involved
- Govern one of 14 factions trying to transform the landscape on the game board in your favor in order to build your structures
- Large number of possible games keeps it entertaining every time
- 30 minute game for 2 to 5 players (ages 13+)
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 8.8 x 3.6 x 12.4 inches |
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Item Weight | 5.5 pounds |
Country of Origin | China |
ASIN | B00APPE4HK |
Item model number | ZM7240 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 8 years and up |
Best Sellers Rank | #107,993 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #3,470 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Release date | May 8, 2020 |
Manufacturer | Publisher Services Inc |
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Product Description
Product Description
Terra Mystica is a strategy game with a simple game principle and very little luck involved: You govern one of 14 factions trying to transform the landscape on the game board in your favor in order to build your structures. On the one hand, proximity to other players limits your options for further expansion, on the other hand though, it provides some benefits during the game. This conflict is the source of Terra Mystica's appeal. The 14 artfully designed factions, each having unique special abilities, as well as the exchangeable bonus cards allow for a large number of possible game plays that constantly keep this game entertaining.
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Terra Mystica is a strategy game with a simple game principle and very little luck involved: You govern one of 14 factions trying to transform the landscape on the game board in your favor in order to build your structures. On the one hand, proximity to other players limits your options for further expansion, on the other hand though, it provides some benefits during the game. This conflict is the source of Terra Mystica's appeal. The 14 artfully designed factions, each having unique special abilities, as well as the exchangeable bonus cards allow for a large number of possible game plays that constantly keep this game entertaining.
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Groups and Home Landscape
- Desert (Fakirs, Nomads)
- Plains (Halflings, Cultists)
- Swamp (Alchemists, Darklings)
- Lake (Mermaids, Swarmlings)
- Forest (Witches, Auren)
- Mountain (Dwarves, Engineers)
- Wasteland (Giants, Chaos Magicians)
Terra Mystica is a full information game without any luck that rewards strategic planning
Each player governs one of the 14 groups
With subtlety and craft, the player must attempt to rule as great an area as possible and to develop that group’s skills. There are also four religious cults in which you can progress. To do all that, each group has special skills and abilities.
Play fantastical factions. Expand your influence by terraforming and joining cults
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2-5 Players |
30 minute playing time |
Ages 14 and up |
In the land of Terra Mystica dwell 14 different peoples in seven landscapes, and each group is bound to its own home environment
To develop and grow, they must terraform neighboring landscapes into their home environments in competition with the other groups.
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Number of Players | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1-4 |
Game Type | Full Game | Expansion | Expansion | Full Game | Full Game | Full Game |
Complexity | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Theme | Fantasy | Fantasy | Fantasy | Fantasy | Fantasy | Gaslamp Fantasy |
Average Playtime | 2 Hours | 2 Hours | 2 Hours | 2 Hours | 1 Hour | 2 Hours |
Available Factions to Play | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 12* (Each Faction is customizable) |
Description | Play fantastical factions. Expand your influence by terraforming and joining cults. | Introduce new contenders in the claim for new lands. | Adds Shipping and Trading with more scoring opportunities to Terra Mystica. | The Ultimate Terra Mystica Collection: Includes everything for Terra Mystica plus bonus content! | Control one of ten asymmetric factions in a streamlined version of Terra Mystica. | Diverse factions compete by transforming the terrain to their needs, constructing and upgrading buildings and founding towns. |
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Customers like the quality, replay value, appearance and variety of the tabletop game. For example, they mention it's a great strategy game, with deep strategies and beautiful pieces. Some appreciate the variety of bits and pieces, saying it has a decent variety of factions. That said, some complain about missing pieces and disagree on ease of use.
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Customers find the quality of the tabletop game amazing, great, and superbly crafted. They also say the concept is great, the artwork is decent, and the game is really fun. Customers also love the game for its complexity and mention it's an enjoyable, if complicated, game.
"...The part quality is good. Items are typically made from thick cardboard and punch out of their holes easily the first time you open the box up...." Read more
"...Components: These are really well done. The wooden pieces are vibrantly colored and vary enough where it's easy to see which vacation is which...." Read more
"Love this game! It’s pretty fun once you understand the rules after the first turn...." Read more
"...All pieces arrived none missing. Nothing is of inferior quality everything seems to be made well...." Read more
Customers find the game has tremendous replay value, with 14 asymmetrical factions to choose from. They also say the game provides an incredible experience every time, making it a great way to spend money. Customers also say that the components make it worth the price.
"...Great fun. The components make it worth the price, and the experience will keep you going back for more...." Read more
"...The biggest thing this game has to offer is endless replayability, every race card is double sided and each race provides a different set of..." Read more
"...This game offers a LOT of replay value because of the variability in race and board set-up..." Read more
"...Overall (4/5): The game is a complex one with great replayability and high-quality components...." Read more
Customers find the pieces beautiful, well made, and beautifully designed. They also appreciate the decent artwork, nice visuals, and intelligent design. The wooden pieces are vibrantly colored and vary enough to make them easy to see.
"...The player components are all painted wood, just like the meeples in other games, like Carcassonne...." Read more
"...Components: These are really well done. The wooden pieces are vibrantly colored and vary enough where it's easy to see which vacation is which...." Read more
"...The artwork is fantastic, and the pieces are very well-made...." Read more
"...Lots of unique races that all play differently- Cool art- No luck just skill- Lots of strategies- Decent rule book..." Read more
Customers like the race balancing of the tabletop game. They say that it has lots of unique races that all play differently. They also say the different player types are nicely balanced and it's one of the most diverse and fun board games out there. Overall, customers are happy with the game's diversity and complexity.
"...What I like:- Lots of unique races that all play differently- Cool art- No luck just skill- Lots of strategies-..." Read more
"...Complexity (4.5/5): The game is VERY complex, with 14 civilizations and tons of options...." Read more
"...The game has excellent replayability due to the large number of possible races, only 5 of which can be in the game, and variable scoring bonuses..." Read more
"...The different races make for novel gameplay each time, and learning how to best use each one adds a lot of replay value...." Read more
Customers find the variety in the tabletop game high. They say it has a decent variety of bits, and is great for people who love variety. The factions play differently, and the number of pieces in the box is crazy. They also mention that the box includes most of the content available for Terra Mystica, minus some promos. Customers also say the 14 classes are great and for the most part pretty even.
"...Your Game Group: This is great for people who love a variety. The factions play differently...." Read more
"...This box includes most of the content available for Terra Mystica, minus some promos, and provides a nearly infinite amount of replay ability for..." Read more
"This game is not for the faint of heart. It comes with many pieces, and it is a long game. My first playthrough with five people took 4 hours...." Read more
"...There are so many ways to eat point and win the game...." Read more
Customers find the game amazingly deep and entertaining.
"...It's also wife friendly, impressive feature beacuse it's also a very deep and complex game.The replayability value is huge...." Read more
"...It's very deep and brain-burning, but at the same time great fun!" Read more
"This game is deep, complex, and very math-y. There's very little direct player interaction, much like many Eurogames...." Read more
"...will not go on for days.....but at the same time has enough depth to make it entertaining round after round with no two games being alike." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use. Some mention it's not as complicated as it seems, intuitive, and complex. The instructions are complete, leaving little ambiguity. However, others say that it'll be very complicated to understand at first, with a steep learning curve. The game can be overwhelming at first and the initial setup can seem intimidating.
"...Overall would recommend just that there's to much stuff to sort through and manuals to read that's it's going to take a few days to start..." Read more
"...These actions are usually quite easy to remember just by looking at the action "cheat card" provided for each player, or by looking at..." Read more
"...description, so here's my experience: Terra Mystica has a very steep learning curve...." Read more
"...It's not as complicated as it seems...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the missing pieces in the tabletop game. They mention that some of the factions were missing pieces, and some of them were missing the bridge pieces. Some customers also mention that there was no special box made for the game to help them.
"...To address the missing pieces, I found a support site when I came on Amazon to see what I could do to either return the box set or get the pieces..." Read more
"...pieces from getting lost in the long term and there is no available box special made for this game to help me keeping small pieces for getting lost...." Read more
"I love this game. It came with a piece missing. Now I am battling the red tape to get a replacement." Read more
"...When I bought it around the holidays it was missing some of the yellow pieces. I emailed support and they sent me the replacements right away...." Read more
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The instruction manual is good at helping everyone get things set up and ready for play. There were a couple of very small details that would have been helpful to mention in the "First Play" instructions, but we figured them out anyway. (Each player chooses to place two dwellings at the start of the game. This is mentioned later, but they tell you to just use the pictured setup without much explanation.) Overall, we found the instructions to cover nearly all of the situations that we came across.
The part quality is good. Items are typically made from thick cardboard and punch out of their holes easily the first time you open the box up. The player components are all painted wood, just like the meeples in other games, like Carcassonne. All of the components should be pretty durable.
We've only played with the two of us, so far. Our first game took a while, since we were learning and reading directions. But now that we're familiar with it, the game usually doesn't last more than an hour. Once we got the mechanics of the game down it flowed pretty smoothly. The game looks overly complicated because they offer a lot of different actions or choices within the game, but it's really quite easy once you start playing. These actions are usually quite easy to remember just by looking at the action "cheat card" provided for each player, or by looking at your player card. Just make sure to read the rules, as there are certain things that trigger that are only in the instruction booklet. (Towns are founded automatically when your interconnected structures are worth enough power, or you get favor tiles when you upgrade to certain buildings.)
We had so much fun playing Terra Mystica that we ended up playing it 3 or 4 times in just two days, and plan to keep on playing it regularly. The several factions allow for a large variety of gameplay and strategy. Each faction has its own special ability or action. Other items, such as round tiles and bonus tiles can be randomly chosen to add extra variety, as well.
I think that my only gripe with this game (and it's a very minor one) is that they didn't use different sized bags for the pieces. Certain pieces are very small or there might only be a few of one component, yet they provided a large bag for them. We ended up using our own smaller bags to make things a bit more compact inside of the box. Otherwise, there's just a lot of empty plastic in there.
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We ended up sorting out the parts into their own bags for each of the player colors. Each player simply grabs their color and has all of the pieces they need. We also use small dishes to put pieces in when we set up the game, just to make sure things stay on the table and are organized.
We're extremely happy we purchased this game. It's a bit pricey, but it's well worth the investment, and it's a lot of fun to play! We highly recommend this game. If you're already looking at it, chances are you're not intimidated by games that have lots of parts or might be complex. Just get it! You won't regret it.
I won't go into super details about how to play the game since there are hundreds of videos and sights for that. I want to talk about what makes this a rich experience for some gaming groups.
Components: These are really well done. The wooden pieces are vibrantly colored and vary enough where it's easy to see which vacation is which. The faction boards themselves are beautifully colored with clear information on it. The board is beautiful. This really is a stunning game to look at and play.
Your Game Group: This is great for people who love a variety. The factions play differently. If you are the Cultist faction, you're probably going to spend a lot of time trying get points from the cults, for example. The mermaids can use the river system in ways others can't. This means you can have a different experience with each faction playing against other factions. It keeps the game fresh and interesting. Of course we only played with the recommended original three, but it quickly became obvious that we were really interested in seeing how the others play.
There are a lot of words in that manual, but if your group is like mine, and you have 2-3 others like yourself who will dive into a new game and then guide others through playing it the next time around, your impatient members will be fine learning as they go. It's not as complicated as it seems. And like a lot of great strategy games, once you get the concepts down, it's all about the experience of playing with others... what they're doing, and what that should mean for what i am doing. This game is also about balance. You can wind up with too much money and not enough workers and vice versa, but generally, you're not going to have someone sitting around unable to do something just because they made a few mistakes early on. There's a chance to overcome that. Our first run through proved that the early leader lost their advantage once someone else started taking advantage of their faction's special actions.
I'd love to give you an example of another game this compares to, but I've never played game like this before, nothing like it. If you have a group that loves being different, as in the colors mean more than just a different color, and they like planning ahead, but don't agonize over every decision, this will work for them. It can play pretty quickly too once you get going.
Great fun. The components make it worth the price, and the experience will keep you going back for more. This will be a great addition to any collection.
Took about 1hr per player on the first game and 45min/p the second time.
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Attention, ce jeu n'est clairement pas pour les belins qui n'ont plus rien dans le crâne (une grosse partie de la population à notre époque !!!), c'est un jeu "expert" avec un pourcentage chance à zéro.
A tous les autres, je le conseille fortement.
It takes a resonable amount of time to get the hang of the rules so expect the first play through to take a while. Once done it will all start making sense!
The game plays best wth four people. I have played it two player and it works ok but the end scoring needs some tweaks to make it more fun. Check out boardgamegeek for some options for the two player setup.