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Faraway Review: Explore the Mysterious Alula Continent

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We're travelling through Alula, a continent whose geography changes and remodels itself often. Its inhabitants, used to its changes, welcome any explorer enthusiastically, as that's a good way to keep in touch with the rest of the continent. Now it is our turn to map Alula!

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Introduction - What Is a Continent?

Today, we'll discuss the fictional continent of Alula, so, first, let's see what a continent is and how it is formed. By definition, a continent is a large mass of land surrounded by water. Considering salt water covers around 75% of the surface of the Earth, there are many extensive, continuous territories everywhere. Treating these large territories as merely islands would be quite inefficient, so that's why we, humankind, created the concept of "continents".

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Actually, the way geographers outline a continental mass is quite interesting. They use different criteria for each case; physical, cultural, political, and even historical. I was unaware of this before I started writing this article, so I actually learned something as I researched continents!

Well, now that we know how a continent is formed, let's discover Alula with Faraway, the board game!

Game Info

Faraway is best played with 2 to 6 players, for ages 10 and up, designed by Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat. It was beautifully illustrated by Maxime Morin.

Here's some trivia for you: if you're color-blind, you'll still be able to play this game without any issues. The game pieces feature different colors and different illustrations as well, so you'll easily be able to set them apart regardless of their color.

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Teaching Moments

If you want to improve your logic skills as well as create new strategies, Faraway is the game for you!

This game will make you, at the very least, curious and excited - after all, you'll be exploring a continent that is so different from what we're used to: its animals, plant life, and minerals are so incredibly different, and its people are fascinating. This game was beautifully illustrated as well, so you won't be able to take your eyes off it.

Faraway will glue you to your chair for these and many other reasons. It is unlike anything you've ever seen, but it will still motivate you to work on your logic skills. It is an excellent game to work on your attention span as well.

Because of the scoring system, you'll have to pay attention to the game at all times, even more so considering you can "lock down" other players by getting the Exploration and Sanctuary cards they wanted. You'll experience many fun moments with friends and family when you play this game, so enjoy!

Together, you'll learn what is the best strategy and discover the most logical decisions you can make, all while having a lot of fun.

Faraway is a very entertaining lesson in logic and strategy!

I highly recommend Faraway for your collection!