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2022 Ranked #5,604

Vivid Memories

Collect luminous fragments, weave them into connected memories, and turn a childhood tapestry into your highest-scoring aspiration.

Puzzle Action Drafting Grid Coverage Pattern Building

Players

2-4

Play time

30-45 min

Age

13+

Complexity

2.98/5

Rating

6.49

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.2/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.4/5

High replayability

Interaction 2.7/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.2/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.3/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 10 min
Teach time About 15 min
Table footprint Large
Recommended edition Vivid Memories – Floodgate Games English retail edition (2022)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Draft colorful memory fragments, connect them across a personal brain board, and complete core memories and lifelong aspirations.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Vivid Memories is a spatial drafting puzzle about the way childhood moments connect. Players take fragment tokens from shared moment tiles, place every selected color onto empty hexes in a personal brain board, and claim the depleted moment. Completed color connections satisfy core memories, while stored moments cover action spaces and unlock one-time ways to rewire the board. End-of-round abilities, paired scoring markers, and public aspirations reward both immediate patterns and long-term planning across three rounds. The standard English edition includes 125 translucent fragments and dual-layer player boards.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Vivid Memories – Floodgate Games English retail edition (2022) 2022 English Floodgate Games / US

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All specifications (22)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Play time
30–45 min
Age
13+
Complexity
3.0/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 10 min Source
Teach time
About 15 min Source
Teardown time
About 8 min Source
Table footprint
Large Source

Campaign and continuity

Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No save system; a complete game lasts three rounds. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Placement is spatially demanding: all drafted fragments must go onto empty hexes. An official downloadable solo mode is available separately. Source
Recommended edition
Vivid Memories – Floodgate Games English retail edition (2022) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Current edition
Yes Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Retail English Edition; The Deluxe Edition Adds A Stitched Playmat, Embroidered Bag, And Upgraded Start Marker. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Matthew Dunstan Brett J. Gilbert

Artists

1
Andrew Bosley

Publishers

1
Floodgate Games

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