For over 300 million years, something magical has been happening beneath our feet. Trees and fungi have formed an underground symbiotic relationship known as mycorrhizas (pronounced my-co-RISE-ahs), where trees trade carbon from photosynthesis in exchange for essential nutrients extracted by fungi from the soil.
Now, science is just beginning to uncover the complexity of this hidden network—where even tree seedlings may benefit from the support of their towering elders via fungal threads.
In UNDER GROVE, you step into the roots of a mature Douglas-fir in the lush forests of the Pacific Northwest. Your goal: help your seedlings grow into thriving trees, supported by a web of fungal partnerships. The tree that cultivates the most successful and symbiotically rich seedling network wins.
A Forest of Strategy
Each turn, you will choose from five core actions, each one offering meaningful choices that shape your path to victory:
- Reproduction: Spend key nutrients like nitrogen, potassium, phosphates, and carbon to place seedlings and roots in the mycorrhizal forest. Strategic placement opens new opportunities.
- Activation: Trigger powerful effects from connected fungi—at a cost. Convert carbon into rewards, and manage your limited fungal action markers wisely.
- Absorption: Allow seedlings to draw carbon from adjacent fungi. Absorb enough, and they grow into full trees, unlocking bonuses and progressing the game toward its conclusion.
- Partnering: Connect roots to more fungi, increasing your absorption potential and enabling new activation routes. Only fungi linked to your seedlings can score!
- Photosynthesis: Refresh your carbon stores and reset used fungal markers (key for planning your next burst of growth).
Despite its accessible rules, the game offers deep tactical potential. Your forest layout, timing of actions, and choice of fungi all influence your strategy. Each game brings fresh challenges thanks to randomized tile setups and changing goal cards.
If it has not already grown on you, you can try the very complete and nice tutorial done by Nekonyancer, or simply start a game by following the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=undergrove
Let's mention that the game is online on Board Game Arena thanks to the authorization of Alderac Entertainment Group (or AEG), and the game designers, Elizabeth Hargrave (author of Wingspan, also available on BGA) & Mark Wootton.
Let's also thank the work done to adapt this game to our platform, which has been beautifully done by MathCT. It's a remarkable job. We highly recommend you play on a large screen for a more comfortable experience, as there is a lot going on on the screen.
What a release!
That's your Wednesday weekly gift!
Treat yourself well, and until next week, as always...
...Take care and play fair!
UNDER GROVE：深厚的根基，更深厚的策略！
在超過三億年的時間裡，我們腳下悄悄地發生著一種神奇的現象。樹木與真菌之間形成了一種地下的共生關係，稱為菌根（發音為 my-co-RISE-ahs）。在這種關係中，樹木透過光合作用產生的碳，與真菌從土壤中提取出的重要養分進行交換。
現在，科學才剛開始揭示這個隱藏網絡的複雜性——即使是樹苗也可能透過真菌絲獲得參天長樹的支持。
在***《UNDER GROVE》***中，你將踏入太平洋西北部茂密森林中一棵成熟花旗鬆的根部。你的目標是：幫助你的幼苗在真菌夥伴網絡的支撐下，茁壯成長為茁壯的樹木。培育出最成功、共生關係最豐富的幼苗網絡的樹木將獲得勝利。
戰略森林
每個回合，您將從五個核心行動中進行選擇，每個行動都會提供有意義的選擇，塑造您的勝利之路：
- 繁殖：將氮、鉀、磷酸鹽和碳等關鍵營養物質用於菌根林的幼苗和根系生長。策略性佈局將帶來新的機會。
- 激活：觸發連接的真菌的強大效果——需要付出代價。將碳轉化為獎勵，並明智地管理有限的真菌作用標記。
- 吸收：讓幼苗從鄰近的真菌中吸收碳。吸收足夠的碳後，它們就會長成參天大樹，解鎖獎勵，並推動遊戲走向結局。
- 合作：將根系與更多真菌連接，提升吸收潛力，並開啟新的活化途徑。只有與幼苗連接的真菌才能得分！
- 光合作用：刷新你的碳儲存並重置使用的真菌標記（規劃下一次增長的關鍵）。
儘管規則簡單易懂，但這款遊戲卻蘊含著豐富的戰術潛力。你的森林佈局、行動時機以及菌類的選擇都會影響你的策略。由於隨機的方塊設定和不斷變化的目標卡，每局遊戲都會帶來新的挑戰。
如果您還不喜歡，可以嘗試 Nekonyancer 製作的非常完整且精彩的教程 ，或者直接透過以下連結開始遊戲：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=undergrove
值得一提的是，遊戲在Board Game Arena上線得益於 Alderac Entertainment Group（或 AEG）的授權，以及遊戲設計師 Elizabeth Hargrave（Wingspan 的作者，該遊戲也可在 BGA 上找到）和 Mark Woo。
我們也要感謝MathCT為將這款遊戲適配到我們的平台所做的工作，這真是一項了不起的工作。我們強烈建議您在大螢幕上玩遊戲，以獲得更舒適的體驗，因為螢幕上的內容非常豐富。
真棒的發布啊！
這是您每週三的禮物！
好好對待自己，直到下週，一如既往…
....請保重並公平競爭！
