Cosmoctopus Board Game - Engine-Building, Tentacle-Gathering Strategy Game, Fun Family Game for Kids and Adults, Ages 14+, 1-4 Players, 60-90 Minute Playtime, Made by Lucky Duck Games

Great game for the family.

I love this game!! It is so clever, fun, & well thought out. It’s overall balanced really well for both 2 player & a 3/4 person group setting. I haven’t tried the single player mode or PI co-op mode, but the normal game play is excellent. The rules were easy to learn & the game truly does take 60-90 minutes depending on group size. It’s a combination of resource management & deck building. I loved that! The artwork is incredible. I highly recommend this game!

I played this game at a con and it was sold out then, but I'm glad I was able to grab it! Super fun and very easy to learn!

Can be complicated, don't recommend for younger kids. Late teen or adult game. You have to collect things in the game .

Cosmoctopus got me on theme alone - it's quirky but actually has pretty interesting gameplay. For anybody who's played Worker Placement games before, this kind of turns the idea on it's head and has all players moving around a single piece one space at a time to land where you need to land. So there's a touch of a "take-that" element to the game, which definitely adds to the player interaction. The components are great quality, and I love that the solo mode allows you to develop your strategy. I think that the game goes a bit too long, but there are ways around that which my partner and I have always employed to keep the game at around an hour max.Big fan of this game - between the theme and the gameplay, it's a pretty competitive game with simple rules but a ton of layers.