Abstract Strategy · Territory Building

Taluva

In Taluva, players attempt to successfully settle a South Sea island slowly emerging from the ocean waters as volcano after volcano erupts.

2–4 players45 minages 8medium difficulty

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What is Taluva

In Taluva, players attempt to successfully settle a South Sea island slowly emerging from the ocean waters as volcano after volcano erupts.

Each turn, players decide to either have a new volcano erupt along the shore, increasing the size of the island, or to have an existing volcano erupt again, increasing the height of the land around it (and possibly destroying parts of existing settlements). They do this by placing a new tile, consisting of one volcano and two other types of landscape. A tile must always touch at least one other tile, when placed at sea level, or be placed on top of at least two other tiles (without any gaps under the land being created), with the volcano being placed on top of an existing volcano.

Next, the player will place one or more wooden buildings; huts, temples or towers. Settlements must always start at the lowest level, by placing a single hut. From there on, existing settlements may expand by placing huts on all hexes of a single type of terrain around the settlement, with temples once the settlement takes up at least three hexes, or with towers, placed at level three or above.

The game ends when all tiles have been placed. At that point, the player who's placed most temples wins. Ties are broken by towers, then huts. Ultimate victory - and an immediate end to the game - waits for the player who manages to place all their buildings of two types. Immediate defeat is also possible, when no buildings can legally be played during a player's turn.

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Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +8
Duration: 45 min
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Board game
Year: 2006
Mechanics: Chaining · Layering · Pattern Building
Categories: Abstract Strategy · Territory Building
Designer: Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Publisher: Hans im Glück

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David_Trovador8/10

Juego de construcción de isla, con losetas tri-hexagonales, que se van apilando en vertical haciendo niveles por erupciones, y colocando tokens de chozas, torres y templos, quien consiga antes colocar todos los edificios de 2 categorías ganará. Cuidado que puedes eliminar completamente chozas del contrario y propias, al pisarlas colocando losetas, pudiendo separar un asentamiento en 2, pero no podrás pisarla si hay una única choza en un asentamiento. Casi abstracto, muy curioso, muy recomendable. Por lo que llevo visto, funciona mejor con 2 o 3 jugadores.