Let’s leap from cats to frogs for a minute during the 2026 Summer of Games.
In Pondscape, your goal is to create natural habitats for various frog species. Space is limited so you need to be careful. Choose the right combinations of frog species, food, and habitats, and come up with the richest ecosystem.
Each round, you choose cards from a shared display and add one card to your pond, aiming to fulfill specific conditions set by different frog species to earn points, with larger groups of the same frog type yielding even greater rewards. The core mechanism is a mix of grid building and card management, with pond construction.
A unique shared mechanism revolves around the "Jumper Frog", better known as Croaker, a central figure that hunts insects and other food. You and the other players influence Croaker’s actions and compete to gather insects that can provide bonus points during the final scoring. Careful planning and resourceful play will lead to the most balanced and flourishing pond!
Once everyone has placed their 15th card, the game ends and we will take care of the scoring.
In the solo mode, yes there is one, and it is something most of you like, you play against Croaker. The latter doesn’t build a pond but takes cards from the pile so you can’t use them.
Build the right frog groups, create the habitats they need, collect lots of useful food symbols, and use the Jumper Frog to turn that food into points.
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pondscape
A big croak of thanks to Tomáš Holek, the game designer, as well as the jumping frogs from Capstone Games, the publisher, for letting their pond join ours. And we’re hopping with joy with MGoulet’s port for BGA! Thank you.
This was your Friday release.
Ribbit-ribbit! Ribbit-ribbit! Or in simpler words: take care and play fair…
Pondscape - 呱呱毒师
在 2026 桌游之夏期间，让我们暂时从猫主题跳到蛙主题。
在 Pondscape 中，你的目标是为各种蛙类打造自然栖息地。空间有限，因此你需要谨慎行事。选择正确的蛙类、食物与栖息地组合，打造出最丰富的生态系统。
每轮，你从共享展示区选择卡牌，并向自己的池塘中添加一张卡牌，目标是通过满足不同蛙类设定的特定条件来获得分数——同种蛙类的数量越多，奖励越丰厚。游戏的核心机制是网格构建与卡牌管理的结合，并融入池塘建造元素。
一项独特的共享机制围绕“跳蛙”展开，它更广为人知的名字是呱呱蛙（Croaker）——一个捕食昆虫与其它食物的核心角色。你与其他玩家会影响呱呱蛙的行动，并竞相收集昆虫，这些昆虫在最终计分时可提供额外分数。精心规划与巧妙行动，方能造就最平衡、最繁盛的池塘！
当所有人都出完第 15 张牌后，游戏结束并由系统自动计分。
在单人模式中——没错，确实有这个模式，而且这是你们大多数人都喜欢的——你将与呱呱蛙（Croaker）对弈。后者不建造池塘，而是从牌堆中取走卡牌，让你无法使用它们。
组建合适的蛙群，打造它们所需的栖息地，收集大量有用的食物标记，并通过跳蛙将这些食物转化为分数。
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pondscape
向游戏设计师 Tomáš Holek 与发行商 Capstone Games 那群跳跃的青蛙们致以一声响亮的「呱呱」感谢，感谢他们让他们的池塘加入我们的行列。同时我们也因 MGoulet 为 BGA 移植的版本而雀跃不已！谢谢！
本周五发布的就是这款游戏。
呱呱！呱呱！说人话就是：注意安全，公平游戏……
