{"product_id":"tungaru","title":"Tungaru","description":"\u003cp\u003eJourney across the Pacific Ocean as an early Polynesian explorer in this medium-weight euro strategy board game from Alley Cat Games. Designed by Louis and Stefan Malz, this vibrant tabletop title tasks players with navigating the historic Tungaru archipelago known today as the Gilbert Islands to settle new lands, gather resources, and build a thriving island civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n * Shared Dice Worker Placement: Uses a tactical worker allocation engine where players match a pool of rolled custom dice to place on specific island spaces, activating various resource gathering or trading maneuvers.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Blind Secret Leader Reveal: Driven by an asymmetric set of leader cards that players simultaneously pick and reveal each round, unlocking temporary action buffs or resource boosts before passing the chosen leader card to their neighbor.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Modular Nomad Card Synergies: Challenges players to sail their boats from island to island to recruit Nomads, expanding their tribe with unique permanent abilities and specific endgame scoring conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Expanding Island Settlements: Features custom wooden tribe meeples used to colonize land sectors and build permanent culture monuments, locking down valuable resource tracks across the central archipelago board.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Complete Standalone Experience: Delivers a balanced, highly strategic resource conversion puzzle out of the box, cleanly supporting 2 to 5 players for an immersive 45 to 90-minute gaming session.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alley Cat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67629022904480,"sku":"ACG021","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/lazarus-games.com\/products\/tungaru","provider":"Lazarus Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}