Inside Up Games Earth - The Board Game by Inside Up Games & Maxime Tardif,Ecosystem Building,Card Drafting & Action Selecting,for 1 to 5 Players,Play Solo-Multiplayer-Teams,45-90 Minute Playing Time

I love board games and I own and play hundreds each year. This one is great. Let me give you some details without boring you, then some pros and cons and my overall rating:GameplayIf you have played Wingspan and Terraforming Mars(TM), then this game will feel very similar. Although I think it is superior to TM and more friendly to new gamers.In EARTH you are in charge of an island and you are attempting to be the player to create the best symbiotic and efficient island. Each turn the active player will choose one of four actions. S/he will perform the main action and all other players will perform the secondary action. Thus, you are always engaged in the game with almost no down time. You continue to take turns until one person has completed a 4×4 grid of cards. You get points in so many different ways that each game is VERY different and unique. TONS of replayability! Most points wins the game.I have played a couple of times with four people and it takes us about 90 minutes to play.PROS- Very thematic.- Beautiful artwork.- Easy to learn and teach.- Super fun (even when you lose... I guess).- Tons of replayability.- Always actively gaming with something to do on everyone's turn.- Player boards and iconography are really good so you can easily understand cards/actions.CONS- Can create a little AP (analysis paralysis) in some people and slow game down a bit.- Not enough opportunity to play the game more... I really honestly don't have much negative to say!Overall Rating:Two thumbs up.9.5 out of 10 BGG RatingI am fully supportive of you purchasing this game... you will enjoy it.

This game appears complicated at first because of all of the things you have to get to know about it, but once you’ve played a couple games it is really simple to understand and a lot of fun. Played it over and over again because there are so many cards that you get the enjoyment out of each game (highly replayable and recommended for new-to-strategy gamers).

This certainly fits into the "Euro-game" category, where the game feels complicated when you first learn how to play, but it all is actually fairly simple.In many ways, this game is a standard engine builder. You are trying to buy cards that will trigger to give you more resources, points, and options. It does this very well and there are multiple strategies that have a good chance of winning the game. For example, I tend to favor using "Terrain" cards that score based on other cards in the tableau, while others focus on building up their "Flora" cards, etc.What makes Earth so much better than many other engine builders is that there is simultaneous play. When you choose an action everyone else gets to take a truncated version of the same action, including triggering their engines. Given that the game has many different possible strategies - and so it subject to analysis paralysis - it means there is no downtime in the game, even if playing with slower or less experienced players.

Love the game the first time I played it with my wife. But a little upset that board game box was dented pretty badly when I got it.

My boyfriend and I played this and it’s very entertaining. It’s completely interactive and there is so much that keeps the game going. I think we’re still trying to navigate the rules a bit bit it’s definitely worth a shot. It’s keeps everyone engaged and really makes you think about your moves as you have to be cautious. It’s almost like chess in a way as you have to think about potential game plays and how it could affect your strategy

This game is beautiful and fun.

I'm going to keep this simple to not repeat the same things as other reviews, hopefully.Important takeaways: games run around 90 minutes, regardless of the skill level of players, as far as I can tell.This game is BIG. Each player needs about 1.5sqft of space to fit their tableau and board.The team mode is fantastic. We wasted fewer resources, and it allowed us both to specialize so we got even more points. It felt more interactive/social than these types of games tend to, and I think it may be my preferred way to play.This seems especially huge with how intimidating this game appears going into it. I try to avoid super complicated games, and this definitely looked complex, but it's not. I've taught 5 people to play now, and it's one of those things that almost everyone has caught after roughly 20-30 minutes, tops.Reading the ecosystem cards correctly seems to be the number one issue.The growth tokens sometimes don't sit right and fall over. I may end up making my own at some point.Get little containers for the tokens. It'll make your life easier and it's 100% easier.That's it. 1000% recommend. I've played this game 5 times this week, and I will play it another dozen without any hesitation. I knew I loved it 10 minutes into my first game. It's cute and fun and I'm obsessed.

Great game! Lots of fun!