Lakshadweep is a strategy based Tile-laying game produced by Luma World. The objective of the game is to score the highest Victory Points by building houses, hotels, fisheries and ports while maintaining the ecological balance of the Island group- Lakshadweep.
Game Specifications:
Age Group: 10+ yrs
No. of Players: 2
Game Duration: 30 Minutes
Skills to Learn: Strategy, Mental Maths, Sustainable goals awareness, Pattern recognition, Grid building.
The Box and Components:
Lakshadweep is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean famous for its diverse ecological system. The box and components of the game reflect the beauty in their graphics. The tiles are easily handled due to their bigger-than-standard size and the tokens are printed with unique symbols.
The box also includes a postcard and an information pamphlet about Lakshadweep. The pamphlet is full of amazing information about the islands which will give the players new insights about the game they enjoy.
How to Play Lakshdweep
In the game of Lakshadweep, two players build the exotic islands of Lakshadweep, tile by tile, populating it carefully with Houses, Fisheries, Hotels, Ports, Forests and Corals!
Players take turns to pick tiles from a market display, and add one at a time to a shared, central map of Lakshadweep. A tile consists of island and water bodies, natural features (Corals, Forests) and man-made features (Houses, Hotels, Ports and Fisheries) of both player colors.
Placing more forests as well as completing an island triggers bonuses, that enables players to pick bonus tokens and improve their scores! But there are only a limited number of them, and all of them are unique.
Each feature has a unique way of accruing points based on their placement. The game ends when the last tile is placed and the player with the highest score wins the game!
Review of Lakshadweep:
Lakshadweep is a 2-player game where the players set up the islands with landmarks of their respective colors and earn victory points based on some conditions and a reference sheet. The makers of the game have taken particular care to instill a sense of co-existence with nature among the players through the game.
The players have many strategies to choose from and will not be satisfied with just one round of play for the base game. In addition to this, the advanced version will give the game a kick with the bonus tokens revamping the entire game experience. Contrary to many advanced versions, Lakshadweep offers a mode that is not a step up in complexity but in a game mechanism that has the players widening their focal view of the game.
Lakshadweep is an amazing game that offers fun and learning in equal parts. The players will get a feel of life on the islands with the flora, fauna and infrastructure included and also learn the significance of every little or large landmark.
We promise that by the end of the game, you will surely wish to visit the beautiful place that inspired it.
HAPPY SHUFFLING!
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