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Laniakea

Laniakea

Gerhards Spiel und Design · 2022
230–40 min8+ yrs2.3/5 complexity7.3 BGG#12.391 BGG156CouplesStrategy
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How do you play Laniakea?

In Laniakea, you want to move across the Hawaiian beach, but you can't disturb the turtles...who keep moving and possibly disrupting your plans.

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In Laniakea, you want to move across the Hawaiian beach, but you can't disturb the turtles...who keep moving and possibly disrupting your plans.

To set up, place your eight colored tokens on your side of the wooden game board, then select 25 of the 28 domino-style wooden tiles and place 24 of them in the six rows of the game board, four tiles per row. Each tile depicts two sandy spaces, two turtles, or sand and a turtle.

On a turn, first move two of your tokens one space each or one token two spaces. Tokens move orthogonally and can land on other tokens, whether yours or the opponent's, but you can never land on a turtle. After movement, slide the remaining tile into either side of the row where your last-moved token landed, ejecting another tile from the game board. Any tokens on this tile are returned to their respecting starting zone.

Tokens can be stacked up to three high; when a token moves from the top of a stack, it moves 2-3 spaces depending on the height of the stack and can jump turtles while moving.

If a token reaches the opponent's starting zone, it remains there, and the first player to cross the board with five of their tokens wins.

game anatomy
Complexity2.3 / 5
BGG rating7.3 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30–40 min
Players
2
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#12.391
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Q3How do you play Laniakea?
Laniakea is a abstract strategy game, for 2 players, taking ~30–40 minutes, featuring grid movement. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Laniakea — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Laniakea support?
Laniakea is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Laniakea take?
A game of Laniakea takes about 30–40 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Laniakea for?
Laniakea is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Laniakea?
Laniakea has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.3 out of 5.
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