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Oceans (with Promo/Deluxe content) [Scripted, v1.3]

A 2 to 6 player game about evolution and adaptation in the ocean! Part of the Evolution series.
Rules are included above and in the mod, as both the same video as above and PDFs

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Three years in the making, Oceans is a stand-alone game in the award-winning Evolution series. With over 120 works of art, 40 scenarios cards, and more than 100 unique trait cards, Oceans is the most ambitious project North Star Games has ever tackled.

Theme
Oceans depicts the boundaries between the known world near the ocean’s surface, and the mysteries lurking in Earth’s deepest unexplored region. Enter a vast, underwater cosmos: a mysterious interconnected world of sharp teeth, glowing eyes, and black ink, where your survival depends on your ability to adapt to the unknown.

Gameplay
Oceans is an interactive engine builder, where players evolve their species in a continually changing ecosystem. Players must adapt their interconnected ecosystem to survive against the inevitable march of time (Aging), as well as a multitude of predators looking for food.

During the first half of the game, players use traits from a deck of Surface cards to modify their species. With only 12 Surface traits, it’s easy to wade into your first game without being overwhelmed by new cards. These traits were chosen for their rich thematic interconnections, providing synergistic card play that mimics an oceanic ecosystem. The Surface traits bring stability to the game environment.

During the second half of the game, players can use power cards from The Deep to disrupt the stability. With over 100 unique traits in The Deep, players will slowly discover game-altering traits over the course of many games. These traits were designed to evoke wonder and disbelief - to spark your imagination as you consider the fantastic synergies that are possible in Oceans.


Included promo content:
- Ocean packs 1 & 2: 6 Deep cards each
- Promo pack: 10 Deep cards and 15 scenario cards
- Deluxe population tokens: 13 extra types of population tokens representing different kinds of fish (for a total of 18 different kinds)


- Scripted setup: Cards are shuffled, drawn. Fish for additional players are dealt to the right areas and extras are removed. The Surface card used for migration during setup is automatically flipped.
- Camera positions: Go to Options -> Game Keys to set shortcuts to quickly look at other player's species
- Turns Controller: Go to Options -> Game Keys to set shortcuts to quickly end your turn, remind players to end their turns, ping players, and have other controls over Turns.
- Reef/Ocean zones high-visibility modes: Right-click the Reef or the Ocean Zones to toggle between it's normal colors


- Better quality images for some of the promo Deep cards. If anyone has the cards IRL, please send me scans

Based on Buggles's Ocean mod.