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Relax with Aqua, a colourful board game about building coral reefs

Scrap screens for a while and enjoy the real feel of Aqua, a board game where colourful tiles grow into ecosystems. It's mostly relaxing – apart from the fiendish scoring system, says Jacob Aron

By Jacob Aron

29 May 2024

Aqua: Biodiversity in the Oceans

Brilliantly coloured tiles in Aqua mirror the diversity of a coral reef

Sidekick Games

Aqua: Biodiversity in the oceans (ages 8+) 1-4 players
Dan and Tristan Halstad
Sidekick Games

I’m doing something different this month, swapping consoles for cardboard with a new board game I think New Scientist readers will enjoy. Aqua: Biodiversity in the oceans is a delightful tile-laying game for one to four players in which you match colours to build an ecosystem, starting with coral reefs, building up to small animals and eventually larger predators.

The first thing you will notice is Aqua’s bright artwork and…

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