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A.D.A.P.T.

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2016 · 2-3 players · 40min · weight 2.75 · 136 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
176286
Name
A.D.A.P.T.
Year
2016
Rank
26779
Min players
2
Max players
3
Playing time
40
Min playtime
15
Max playtime
40
Avg weight
2.75
Num weights
8
Bayes avg
5.49533
Average
5.59182
Users rated
136
Num owned
383
Wanting
3
Wishing
36
Num comments
64
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:40:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingHand ManagementOpen DraftingVariable Player Powers
Categories (4)
AnimalsCard GameEconomicFantasy
Description (1829 chars)

Choose your starting guppy, then use an all-new experience point-based drafting system to buy upgraded bodies and all manner of new parts for your guppy. Quickly adapt it to become the most powerful master fish in the sea with any combination of aquatic bodies and parts you can mash up, battling the other master fish to the death along the way for there can be only one master fish in this ocean. A.D.A.P.T. is a mashup style battle game with an experience-based drafting mechanism where each player starts as a humble guppy fish and then upgrades his body over time, while forcibly Adapting new parts, to create a Frankenstein-level "Masterfish", all in preparation for battle to be come the last Masterfish in the sea. In other words, it's a fast-playing game about mutant fish battling to the death. Will your Dolphin, with the armored scales of an Arampaima, the mouth of a giant Sea Bass, the bioelectricity of an Eel, and the tail of a Thresher Shark prove victorious by ramming other fish with its lethal Swordfish horn? Will your Sailfish, with a Clownfish Tail, poisonous Lionfish pectoral fins, and Anglerfish Light Node, followed by a school of fish he commands, be the last Master Fish alive? Or will your Great White Shark, with the spiked skin of a Puffer Fish, over-sized brain, and regenerating heart be the last fish swimming by leaping from the water with its Flying Fish wings for a diving sneak attack? The possibilities are endless! With Octo, Fantasy, Reptile, Guppy, and Mech expansions also available, there's no reason that your Giant Squid with the wings of a Pegasus and claws of a dragon can't claim victory through use of torpedoes from inside its tortoise shell. Each time you upgrade your fish's body or add new parts, it becomes more powerful, lives longer, and gains new special abilities!

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.