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A video outlining gameplay for the rules for Wondrous Creatures. For more game info, boardgamegeek....
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Part I: How to Play
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Part II: Gameplay Runthrough
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Part III: Final Thoughts
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[@Olvenskol]

Compared to Everdell, my first thoughts are that the worker placement looks more fun and I like not having to find exactly the right named cards for the objectives. Looks like a lot of fun.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

They "fixed" the "having to find exact cards" issue in both My Lil' Everdell (only need to match type) and the island/beach-themed sequel (uses anchors).

[@perrymihalakos2119]

Wow--The gameplay looks solid! Only one tiny nit to pick, and it's an aesthetic one that also touches on strategic replayability. The map looks a tad small; there's more than a little wasted empty space around the island, and I wonder if it wouldn't be better to have a larger map, meaning more hexes, not larger hexes. Not only would it look more spatially balanced, but I worry about the map (the placement options) becoming stale with repeated plays. Now maybe, like Agricola, this is solved by the sheer variety of the cards. Maybe. Making those hexes, or groups of hexes, modular, where players would take turns to build the map as a variable set-up, might open up the strategic space of the game. (Fjords does this in a way that creates a delightful bridge between strategy and tactics.) Anyway, thanks for the run-through!

[@rahdo]

here's a picture of the other side of the board which is used for a 4p game which uses the whole of the board space: boardgamegeek.com/image/7772602/wondrous-creatures :)

[@theSolemnBard]

Vale of Eternity is another recent game where hourglasses don't mean end of game (they're end-of-round effects)

[@rahdo]

hourglass madness!!!!

[@theSolemnBard]

And of course venerable classic Troyes (your #6!) uses hourglasses on delayed-effect activity cards