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Players create their own vibrant pond by carefully placing cards featuring various frog species and pond environments while collecting different insect types @ Spellenspektakel '25 Utrecht - the Netherlands
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Pondscape - Gameplay
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Pondscape (2025)

Players
1–4
Best: 2
Playing time
20–35 min
Age
7+
7.07
Average rating
995
Ratings
2.00/5
Weight
#3480
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Froschreich +1 more
Designer:Tomáš Holek
Artist:Jiří Kůs
Publisher:Rexhry +5 more
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Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 4, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.0
Theme5.0

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Overview

Pondscape is a strategic card game for 2-4 players, lasting around 30 minutes. In this game, players create their own vibrant pond by carefully placing cards featuring various frog species and pond environments while collecting different insect types.

The core mechanisms involve grid building and card management, with pond construction as a spatial puzzle. In each round, players choose cards from a shared display and add one card to their pond, aiming to fulfill specific conditions set by different frog species to earn points, with larger groups of the same frog type yielding even greater rewards.

A unique shared mechanism revolves around the "jumper frog", a central figure that hunts insects and other food. All players influence the jumper frog's actions and compete to gather insects that can provide bonus points during the final scoring. Careful planning and resourceful play will lead to the most balanced and flourishing pond!

—description from the publisher

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