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What is Yamataï

In Yamatai, 2-4 players compete to build palaces, torii, and their own buildings in the land of Yamatai. The game includes ten numbered action tiles, each showing one or more colored ships and with most showing a special action. You shuffle these tiles, place them in a row, then reveal one more than the number of players.

On a turn, each player chooses a tile, collects the depicted ships from the reserve, optionally buys or sells one ship, then places the ships on the board. The land has five entryways, and you must start from these points or place adjacent to ships already on the board. You can't branch the ships being placed, and if you place your first ship adjacent to another, then that first ship must be the same color as the adjacent one; otherwise you can place ships without regard to color.

After placing ships, you can either claim colored resources from land that you've touched with new ships this turn or build on one vacant space. To build, the space must have colored ships around it that match the ships depicted on one of the available building tiles. If you build a personal building that's connected to others you own, you receive money equal to the number of buildings.

You can bank one ship before the end of your turn, then you can use any three resources or a pair of matching resources to purchase a specialist, each of whom has a unique power.

Specs

Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +13
Duration: 80 min
Difficulty: Heavy
Type: Board game
Year: 2017
Mechanics: Action Drafting · Contracts · Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
Categories: Mythology
Designer: Bruno Cathala · Marc Paquien
Publisher: Days of Wonder · Rebel Sp. z o.o.

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David_Trovador7.8/10

Sólo una partida a 4. El juego es muy vistoso, en todo su colorido, componentes, etc. El juego como tal esta bastante pensado y es bueno, pero a veces peca de tener mucho AP y sobretodo que la interacción es meramente indirecta, y cada uno va a hacer lo que puede en su turno en función de cómo quedo el tablero, con lo que que tampoco puedes planificar demasiado, y es más táctico que estratégico.