Let’s leap from cats to frogs for a minute during the 2026 Summer of Games.
In Pondscape, your goal is to create natural habitats for various frog species. Space is limited so you need to be careful. Choose the right combinations of frog species, food, and habitats, and come up with the richest ecosystem.
Each round, you choose cards from a shared display and add one card to your pond, aiming to fulfill specific conditions set by different frog species to earn points, with larger groups of the same frog type yielding even greater rewards. The core mechanism is a mix of grid building and card management, with pond construction.
A unique shared mechanism revolves around the "Jumper Frog", better known as Croaker, a central figure that hunts insects and other food. You and the other players influence Croaker’s actions and compete to gather insects that can provide bonus points during the final scoring. Careful planning and resourceful play will lead to the most balanced and flourishing pond!
Once everyone has placed their 15th card, the game ends and we will take care of the scoring.
In the solo mode, yes there is one, and it is something most of you like, you play against Croaker. The latter doesn’t build a pond but takes cards from the pile so you can’t use them.
Build the right frog groups, create the habitats they need, collect lots of useful food symbols, and use the Jumper Frog to turn that food into points.
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pondscape
A big croak of thanks to Tomáš Holek, the game designer, as well as the jumping frogs from Capstone Games, the publisher, for letting their pond join ours. And we’re hopping with joy with MGoulet’s port for BGA! Thank you.
This was your Friday release.
Ribbit-ribbit! Ribbit-ribbit! Or in simpler words: take care and play fair…
Pondscape - 蛙入歧途
讓我們在2026年夏日遊戲節期間，暫時從貓跳到青蛙。
在Pondscape中，你的目標是為各種青蛙物種打造自然棲地。由於空間有限，你必須格外謹慎。選擇正確的青蛙物種、食物與棲地組合，建立出最繁榮豐富的生態系統。
每輪遊戲，玩家從共享展示區選擇卡牌，並將一張卡牌添加到自己的池塘中。玩家需要滿足不同蛙類設定的特定條件來獲得分數，相同蛙類的數量越多，獎勵越豐厚。遊戲的核心機制是網格構建和卡牌管理的結合，並包含池塘建設元素。
遊戲的核心機制圍繞著跳蛙展開，它更廣為人知的名字是「呱呱蛙」（Croaker），是捕食昆蟲和其他食物的關鍵角色。你和其他玩家會影響呱呱蛙的行動，並競相收集昆蟲，這些昆蟲能在最終計分時提供額外加分。精心策劃和巧妙運用資源，才能打造出最平衡、最繁榮的池塘！
當所有人都出完第 15 張牌後，遊戲結束，我們將負責計分。
在單人模式中——沒錯，這款遊戲有單人模式，而且是大家最喜歡的那種——你將挑戰對手呱呱蛙。後者不會建立自己的池塘，而是直接從牌堆中抽走卡牌，讓你無法使用它們。
建立合適的青蛙群體，創造它們需要的棲息地，收集大量有用的食物符號，並使用跳蛙將這些食物轉化為分數。
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pondscape
在此向遊戲設計師 Tomáš Holek 以及發行商 Capstone Games 的各位跳躍青蛙們致以最誠摯的謝意，感謝他們讓自家池塘融入我們的行列。同時，我們也為 MGoulet 在BGA上的移植版本而欣喜若狂！謝謝。
以上就是本週五發布的消息。
呱呱！呱呱！或者更簡單地說：請謹慎並公平競爭…
