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Harmonies is a light, nature-themed abstract game where players build unique landscapes on their personal boards using terrain tiles and animal tokens. Players compete to create the most optimal habitats by matching specific patterns, offering a relaxing yet clever spatial puzzle experience.

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The Verdict

based on 40 reviews

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Mixed 0%
Gorgeous artwork and high-quality, tactile components (wooden tokens, animal cards).
Engaging and satisfying spatial optimization puzzle with meaningful decisions and strategic depth.
Easy to learn and teach, making it accessible for new and experienced players.
Blends familiar drafting and tile-laying mechanisms effectively.
Relatively short playtime and offers good replayability.
Can feel like a "multi-player solitaire" experience with limited direct player interaction.
Iconography for terrain options below buildings can be initially hard to visualize.
The market of cards can sometimes feel stagnant, with some wishing for a refresh option.
Stacking discs can be fiddly for some players.
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Brains On Games, Amy & Maggie (ThinkerThemer)Video

The reviewer highly praises Harmonies as an incredibly accessible and engaging board game, highlighting its beautiful aesthetic, satisfying puzzle mechanics, and robust solo mode. They consider it a lasting 'brain burny crowd pleaser' that has remained a favorite on their table.

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Love 2 HateVideo

The video offers a review of the physical board game Harmonies from the perspective of both a gamer and a non-gamer, specifically evaluating its suitability for mixed gaming groups. It covers game components, turn overview, pros and cons, and includes individual scores from the two reviewers.

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Foster the Meeple, Jamie from Foster the MeepleVideo

The reviewer highly praises Harmonies as a beautiful and fantastically fun 'cozy little puzzle' that offers replayability and a satisfying intellectual challenge, making it one of her recent favorite games.

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Geeks Under Grace, Wesley LantzArticle

Geeks Under Grace highly recommends "Harmonies," an excellent tile-laying game. It features wonderful art, chunky components, great value, and simple rules that create deep emergent gameplay, making it a top contender for the Spiel des Jahres and one of the best of 2024.

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Meeple Mountain, Andrew LynchArticle

Harmonies pleasantly surprises with its deep spatial puzzle, charming animal illustrations, and engaging landscape-building, ultimately feeling like an instant classic.

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Tabletop Gaming Magazine, Charlie PettitArticle

Harmonies is a gorgeous, tactile tile-laying game where players build animal habitats. It successfully blends accessible gateway mechanics with rewarding puzzle-like depth, offering a truly cosy yet deeply satisfying experience.

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Frontline Gaming, SamArticle

Harmonies offers a deeply strategic and tactile tile-placement experience as players build 3D landscapes to attract animals, balancing accessible rules with rewarding spatial puzzles despite potential analysis paralysis and low player interaction.

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The Boardgame Mechanics, JasonVideo

This video by The Boardgame Mechanics offers a comprehensive review of the physical board game Harmonies. It covers the game's description, components, and includes final thoughts on the gameplay experience.

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3 Minute Board Games, J Carmichael and S RodgersVideo

The video from 3 Minute Board Games offers a quick overview of Harmonies, highlighting its simple rules, appealing art, and suitability for couples, especially at two players. It notes limited player interaction and variability in nature spirits as minor drawbacks.

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Dude! Take Your Turn!, whovian223Article

Harmonies is a beautiful and tactile tile-drafting game that successfully combines tight, multi-layered spatial puzzling with rewarding animal-scoring combos, offering a satisfying alternative to Cascadia.

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Meeple and the MooseArticle

Harmonies is a beautiful, soothing spatial puzzle blending terrain-building and pattern-matching. While luck can occasionally hinder your strategy and player interaction is minimal, its high production quality and satisfying gameplay make it well worth the praise.

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The Board Game CollectionArticle

Harmonies is a charming, tactile tile-placement game by Libellud where players carefully construct habitats to score points. It offers relaxing yet strategic gameplay with high replayability, though some components like the player boards feel a bit flimsy.

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