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Board game review: Reef, a simple to learn but difficult to master abstract game with great table presence

March 29, 2021 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Some of my all-time favourite board games are abstract strategy games. I love board games that are simple to learn but difficult to master. Reef is one of these games.

In addition to being easy to learn but having surprising depth Reef also has great table presence due to having some of the chunkiest components in board gaming. [ READ MORE ]

Take a look inside the box for Reef by Emerson Matsuuchi. Reef is an abstract strategy board game for up to four players about building a coral reef. This boardgame features chunky plastic reef pieces that you stack and use to build a three-dimensional coral reef.

Reef was published in Canada by Next Move Games in 2018 and is considered by many to be a follow-up to Azul from the same publisher. [ READ MORE ]