Beasts of Balance cover
2016BGG rank #4,104

Beasts of Balance

by George Buckenham, Alex Fleetwood · Modern Games

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Players1–5
Time15–30m
ComplexityLight
Age7+

About the game

What is Beasts of Balance?

Beasts of Balance is a game of strategy and balance in which you build a tower of animals on your tabletop, then help them evolve in a connected digital world. A cooperative game for one to five players, the aim is to make the most fabulous world you can by strategically nurturing and evolving your creatures and casting skill-based miracles - before your tower collapses. Players take turns to stack a set of beautifully made artifacts into a tower. As they're placed they pop onto the connected device's screen, where they'll be seen to evolve and grow as players continue to make tactical choices over how they build. Our in-house designed technology uses a unique combination of sensors to recognize the pieces in play, connecting to the device over Bluetooth to tablets and smartphones running iOS or Android.

How it plays

Mechanics

Cooperative GameStacking and BalancingSudden Death Ending

On the shelf

Categories

Action / DexterityAnimalsCollectible ComponentsElectronicParty Game

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