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Sapiens
2 - 4 players
average 45 minutes
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Prehistoric
Tile Placement Take That

The time has come for the tribe to leave its shelter and head for new lands. As the chief of your clan, it's up to you to guide your prehistoric people through the valley: Take advantage of the environment, pick and hunt for food, discover big and safe caverns for the upcoming winter, gather your tribe and discover the valley! Sapiens is a short and easy-to-learn tile-placement game that can prove much deeper than it seems for gamers. Each player has a personal game board that represents the valley on which they will play tiles to determine the journey of their tribe through several prehistoric life scenes. Their aim is to gather food points on the plains and in the forests of the valley and to get shelter points for reaching caves in the mountains. A player's turn consists of two steps: Connect one new tile from the four in his personal pool to the tiles already in play on his board, with connected scenes needing to match. These placements earn food points when a connection is made, earns shelter points when a cave is reached, and sometimes provides a special ability based on the connected scenes. Choose a new tile from the five available in a common pool to re-fill his personal pool to four tiles. Sapiens relies on instinctive domino-like mechanisms that are improved by interesting twists: Laying tiles on personal (modular) game boards brings a bit of a puzzle feel to the game. Having two separate scores — food and shelter — and knowing that only their lower one matters when determining who wins confronts players with interesting needs and dilemmas. Including special powers linked to the eight different scenes represented on the tiles brings a lot of interaction and choices.

Overall Statistics for VA Games

Total Games Played: 107
Average Players Per Game 3.5

Win/Loss Statistics for VA Games

Badges Name   NemePoints   Total Games   Avg. NemePoints   Wins / Losses % Won  
Christophe 1310  88 15.00 
39
49
44 %
Laurent 1140  80 14.00 
31
49
38 %
Olivier 809  59 14.00 
22
37
37 %
José 406  34 12.00 
10
24
29 %
Laurent Collet 385  32 12.00 
7
25
21 %
Laurent C 307  28 11.00 
6
22
21 %
Angélique F 138  15 9.00 
1
14
6 %
Jean-Pierre 78  11 7.00 
1
10
9 %
Jérome 62  7 9.00 
0
7
0 %
Alexandre Adam 53  6 9.00 
1
5
16 %
Éric 32  4 8.00 
1
3
25 %
Christophe B 25  3 8.00 
1
2
33 %
Marc C 15  3 5.00 
0
3
0 %
Sébastien F 1 5.00 
0
1
0 %
Unknown (INACTIVE) 73  5 15.00 
2
3
40 %

    Last 5 Played Games for VA Games

    Date Played Result
    3/14/2024
    1st Laurent (29 game points scored)
    23 
    2nd Olivier (24 game points scored)
    14 
    3rd Jean-Pierre (20 game points scored)
    10 
    4th Christophe (14 game points scored)
    3/14/2024
    1st Olivier (23 game points scored)
    23 
    2nd Christophe (22 game points scored)
    11 
    2nd Laurent (22 game points scored)
    11 
    4th Jean-Pierre (14 game points scored)
    3/8/2024
    1st Christophe (27 game points scored)
    23 
    2nd Laurent (20 game points scored)
    14 
    3rd Jean-Pierre (15 game points scored)
    10 
    4th Olivier (13 game points scored)
    3/7/2024
    1st Olivier (20 game points scored)
    18 
    1st Jean-Pierre (20 game points scored)
    18 
    3rd Christophe (18 game points scored)
    3rd Laurent (18 game points scored)
    2/4/2024
    1st Olivier (27 game points scored)
    18 
    2nd Laurent (24 game points scored)
    12 
    3rd Angélique F (14 game points scored)