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Salamandra
2025
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- 1–4 players
- 30–60 min
- 10+
- Complexity 3.0/5
For 1 player
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Salamandra is a board game released in 2025 for 1–4 players, 30–60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Johannes Goupy and Pierre Giroux and its main mechanics are Worker Placement.
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About the game
The scholars are rushing to participate to Litha's festival. Send your apprentices to collect ephemeral and magical resources. Restore life to the sacred vegetation, show yourself worthy of the goddess Salamandra and become the Great Druid. Salamandra is played in 4 rounds (alternating day and night). Each round, you have a set number of apprentices at your disposal to be placed and put to work to generate resources and Veneration Points, which are the victory points of this game. It is a "Definitive worker placement" game in which you will activate your apprentices to create ephemeral resources to be used in the current turn to: build new tiles that allows to obtain the blessing of the Bear and Eagle divinities activate Cauldron tiles, generating Veneration Points and scrolls so you can gain points at the end of the game pray the Salamanders goddesses to obtain powerful bonuses pass and study Groves Everything in Salamandra is a source of rewards, but you will have to play at your best to bring your strategy to its end and win the game. —description from the publisher
Questions and answers
Salamandra supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Salamandra is 30–60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Salamandra for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Salamandra has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Salamandra belongs to these categories: Fantasy. Its main mechanics are Worker Placement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Salamandra are: Johannes Goupy and Pierre Giroux. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Salamandra as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.