Planet

Planet

Board Game
2-4 Players
About 45 Minutes
Grade 3 and Up
Game Schooler Recommendation

Planet is a tactile masterpiece. In a game of Planet players aren’t building with cards or putting hexagon tiles on game board, they are building their planet in 3-D with magnetic tiles! Zoology and ecology come together as players try to pair animals with habitats. Throw in some tactical thinking and spatial perception skills and you’ve got yourself a game with healthy competition and all of the hallmarks of a Game Schooler recommendation.

Game Overview

The spark of life is about to jump from your hands to spread out in the world. Deploy your mountain ranges and your deserts, spread out your oceans and your glaciers. Handle wisely your continents to form environments suitable for the apparition of animal life and maybe you'll manage to create the most densely populated planet! In Planet, each player receives a planet core without anything on it. Each turn, players choose a tile with mountain/ice/forest/desert on it and place it on the planet. Then the player who fulfills the most conditions for the appearance of certain animals gains its card.

Skills
  • Competition Competition
    Develops healthy competitive habits as two or more parties compete for a goal that cannot be shared.
  • Spatial Perception Spatial Perception
    Strengthens a player’s understanding of the spatial relationships with the objects in their environment as well as themselves.
  • Strategic Thinking Strategic Thinking
    Encourages players to develop a process or long-term strategy for accomplishing a goal.
  • Tactical Thinking Tactical Thinking
    Challenges players to make decisions based on currently available information.
Game Details
  • Type: Family Game
  • Category: Board Game
  • Designer(s): Urtis Šulinskas
  • Published: 2018
  • Game Length: About 45 Minutes
  • Players: 2-4 Players
Awards
  • 2019 Mensa Select Winner
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