Mycelia - Deluxe Edition

Mycelia (plural of mycelium) are the hidden root systems of Fungi. Mycelia are composed of dense masses of fine, thread-like filaments called hyphae. These threads naturally extend into the soil, plant matter, wood and other materials to pick up water and nutrients for their food. The mushrooms you see are only the fruiting bodies of mycelia and are just a small part of the fungi hidden under the earth.

When spores are released from these mushrooms and dispersed by air they germinate in new locations, creating new mycelia. The whole game revolves around this idea of your mycelial network and the life cycle of mushrooms. Growing, sporing and then the inevitable decay of the beautiful mushroom.

Mycelia is a dynamic game of tactics in a competition for space and resources to create your own mushroom kingdom. The game follows the life cycle of fungi, a journey of creation, expansion, death, and rebirth — in game terms, growing mushrooms to score points, sporing them to expand your mycelial network, and eventually seeing them decay to unlock special actions.

On a turn, a player has two actions to perform from the six options available. Using your decay actions, stealing spores, and blocking other mushrooms are just some of the ways to get ahead in the game. Players can evolve their own playing style, perhaps playing more aggressively to steal other players' spores or disrupt their mycelial network — or perhaps playing more defensively to try to protect their own area and spores.

The board is made up of triangle tiles that represent different environments and nutrients that the mushrooms need to grow. These tiles can be added to the board by the players, so the board is always growing and evolving.

Mycelia incorporates beautiful and accurate botanical style illustrations with over 69 mushrooms that can be found in the wild.

Mycelia - Deluxe Edition includes the Australia Expansion (KS exclusive), a Deluxe embossed slipcase (KS exclusive), 4 cotton bags and 3 A5 Artwork prints.