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Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

Took 5 minutes for me to read and understand the game. Same time to explain to my S.O. who is not a frequent gamer and to my mom who literally never games.

The game is great fun, easy to play casually but you can sense that there is reward if you stop and think through your moves. The aesthetic of the game is top notch. The duck are slightly different, colourful and good quality and the flying saucer is whimsical and functional.

Have played with two players and with three and it was a blast both times!

I have heard complaints about luck being a factor, and it is, but I think It allows to level the playing field between players fo varying skill level. Reviews seem to suggest that the expansion mitigates that somewhat, but I haven't played with the expansion yet.

By reading through the instructions, I had feared this would be a "multiplayer solitaire", meaning that each player does his thing without much influence on the other players boards. Many cards actually allows to mess up with opponent boards and so there is a level of interaction between players. As this was our first playthroughs, we didnt even bother with including that in our strategy and still enjoyed ourselves. I think as we play more often, new layers of depth will appear where we will strategize more.

5/5 will play many more rounds I'm sure

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Super fun!

Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

This game is so original! The components are great and the rules are simple. The box says for kids 12+, but really it can be played earlier than this (I'd say 8). The solo mode lasts can be as quick as 15 minutes because it's hard, but I've played two 2-player games now and they both took more like 30-40 minutes. We've only tried the base game so far, not the expansion. I like that everything from the expansion fits nicely into the main box. The box is also very beautiful. It's the first game from a Kickstarter campaing that I got, and I'm very impressed by the quality. Great game!

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Garth

Fun game

Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

Fun game and amazingly strategic. Game box says ages 12 and up due to planning ahead and use of movement cards to achieve the needed duck orientations. Good quality components.

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Eve Beals

An absolutely ducking delightful and addictive game to play!

Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

My son has wanted to play this game almost every night since we got it, very fun and just challenging enough to be mentally stimulating as well without being frustrating

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TAMMIE VALIQUETTE

Love the game

Reviewed in Canada on July 3, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

Perfect product, fast delivery

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J. Hill

Quick and easy to learn but fun at all ages! True to the time on box

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

This game has become a new hit both with my friends and my family. I and my friends are in our early or mid-20s and are serious board game players and fanatics, and my siblings are ages ranging from young teens to young adults, and do not usually play board games outside of the standard family classics. It is a simple pattern building game, and the cards and game are all very well explained and easy for anyone to pick up and understand. It is also accurate to the time on the box, only takes about 20 minutes to play the base version, maybe a little bit longer on the expansion. Definitely not close to an hour on either.

It's fun, too, building some competitiveness between players but also you can't help but root for the other players when they are having fun and get lucky when they are able to make the correct moves to complete their duck formations. The expansion is totally worth it, once you play the base game once players can easily pick up the expansion super well. Also, it's pretty well designed and the ducks are very nice, especially the glitter ducks - oh, and the METALLIC formation cards are just beautiful! Very well made game.

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Jean Johnson

Family Fun!

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

This will be lots of fun to play with family! Well made and delivered quickly,

Vashti

Fun game with cute ducks

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

This is a fun game and very aesthetically pleasing. The art work is beautiful and the ducks are fun. The game isn't super easy to play, as like many games, there are a lot of directions to read before understanding how to play. My kids and I love it, but we are a thinking bunch who like a challenge and don't mind a complex game. Santa brought this game for Christmas, and we have played it quite a number of times with a bunch of different family members and friends. Not everyone loves it. It is very complex, there is a bit of set up, and there is a lot of reading especially on understanding what you can do with each action card.

The object of the game is to create specified patterns with colored ducks to get points. The person with the most points at the end of the game wins. The game ends when the number of pattern cards you choose to use are completed. A simple concept, and a valid game. The difficulty comes in with moving the ducks into the desired pattern. You pick ducks out of the spaceship (which is super fun and cute!!) to use. Trying to achieve the patterns can be frustrating. My sister hates this game as she didn't like having to think for fun and gets frustrated. My sons love it as does my niece. The downsides of this game are that it is not really interactive and it can be slow as each person has to take what can be a lot of time on their turn to try to get their ducks into the pattern with the most points. Sometimes there is also confusion on how the ducks can be moved using the drawn action card. The game can take a long time and can be slow moving.

Despite this, we love this game and continue to play it. It is a great game for people who like patterns, spatial manipulation, and involved, thoughtful games! Plus it is a beautifully put together game with nice artwork and hilarious wording. And also, who doesn't love cute mini ducks!!

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Carlos Del Castillo

Great quality and easy to get into game!

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

Our Family Meeting went smoothly as everyone had their 'ducks in a row' to ensure we got to the best part of the meeting: The Family Meeting Game. Everyone was excited as FedEx delivered the new game "Abducktion", just before the meeting started.
Instead of resorting to a Youtube class on how to play, we bravely decided to waddle right into the pond and learn how to play this game on our own (of course with the manual in hand).

Despite the initial chaos (which may or may not have involved a small physics lesson on how ducks could survive in space without masks), the game turned out to be a blast! Turns out, the box's suggestion of age 12+ is more like "12+ if you want to avoid meltdowns over who gets to fill their ponds first with the little ducks."

So, a big thumbs up to this game! It's officially in the family rotation, you could say that our family was definitely 'taken' by the game and can't wait to play it again.

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Evan

Just get it. You know you want to

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2024

Edition: Combo Pack: Base Game + ExpansionVerified Purchase

It's a very cute game. Love the challenge of trying to figure out how to arrange the ducks to match the formations. The expansion makes it even more challenging and can make the game last longer too.

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