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Intial Rating 7. 2026: I like puzzles and I really like patterns. But the way I tend to play such games from the gut with a lot of "let's try this" instead of optimizing each move, does not work for a game aiming to induce AP. This one feels like it is doomed to fail, if I don't spend a lot of time analyzing every single move. Unlike for example Sprawlopolis where no matter how badly I played the previous move the next one still feels satisfying. This one faces tough competition from solo puzzles I like a lot better. In addition this game is too abstract for me and in the end I have not really built anything worthwhile. Every other game of *polis I take a picture because I like my results. I can stare at my Harmonies or Cascadia tableau after a badly scoring game and still like the landscape I built... but here: I might have won, but I have nothing to show for it. Rating 6

• 2026: Yashima's Game Diary
  I like puzzles and I really like patterns. But the way I tend to play such games from the gut with a lot of "let's try this" instead of optimizing each move, does not work for a game aiming to induce AP. This one feels like it is doomed to fail, if I don't spend a lot of time analyzing every single move. Unlike for example Sprawlopolis where no matter how badly I played the previous move the next one still feels satisfying. This one faces tough competition from solo puzzles I like a lot better. In addition this game is too abstract for me and in the end I have not really built anything worthwhile. Every other game of *polis I take a picture because I like my results. I can stare at my Harmonies or Cascadia tableau after a badly scoring game and still like the landscape I built... but here: I might have won, but I have nothing to show for it. * Player Count: 1 * My current rating: * Total Lifetime Plays: 4 * Rules Retention: It had been too long. It is quick to learn though * Keeper: Not sure. (see above) * Recommended: Anyone who really likes to optimize and strategize their moves in a solo puzzle that rewards thorough planning and pattern recognition. * Competition: Hive (pattern movement), Tash Kalar (pattern building)
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• ROVE: Fascinating Flora
• ROVE: Icy Incidents
• ROVE: Cosmic Crisis
• ROVE: Alien Activities
• ROVE: Expansion Collection
• ROVE: Reconfigured