Bad Comet Games has made one of my top 5 animal games of all time in Wild: Serengeti (soon to be renamed Life of the Serengeti). When I saw they were releasing another animal game through Kickstarter, I reached out to see if there was a chance we could review the game.
Not only were they nice enough to send over the Kickstarter edition of the game (with all the stretch goals), but also included the upgraded tokens as well (bag tokens, trees, water lilies, and more)! Let’s take a look at what you get in Life of the Amazonia box!
If you prefer to watch an unboxing, please check out Adam’s video below!
The highlights of Life of the Amazonia
Anytime Bad Comet puts out a game in the future, if that game includes animal meeples I’m going to assume the quality is top notch. While there were a few printing mishaps on some of them – the river dolphin, in particular, seemed to have a bit of weird printing – the overall quality across the dozens and dozens of little wooden animals was pristine. They look fantastic when you get up close, but also work really well together on the table.
The wooden, screen printed animals are included in the Kickstarter / Retail base version of the game, so it is something everyone gets to enjoy, regardless of what tier they backed at, or if they will be picking this one up later at retail when available.
Like with Wild: Serengeti – and I’m going to assume this will be constant going forward – Life of the Amazonia uses a 3D terrain piece that pops on the table, and is functional as well. In this game, the Living Waterfall tracks your progress on the terrain track, tree track, water lily track, and more. It build really nicely and goes together and comes apart relatively quickly as well. This was a
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