Chain Chain Chain, Chain of Food: The kCaloria Game Review

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow,
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat,
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog,
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider,
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly;
I don't know why she swallowed a fly - perhaps she'll die!
Lyrics by Rose Bonne; Music by Alan Mills

[caption id="attachment_319317" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] kCaloria comes in a hex-shaped tube.[/caption]

I Knew an Old Lady was my childhood introduction to the concept of a food chain. The song starts at the bottom of the verse quoted above with the swallowing of a fly. The song progresses through larger animals, ones I knew might eat the smaller ones.

kCaloria, (2024, Self-Published) is all about the food chain. In designer Matthias Bowman’s game, you use hexagonal tiles, also illustrated by Bowman, to create a healthy, flourishing biome. As it grows, you’ll see how each living thing in the environment supports (gulp!) the other creatures.

While building your biome, each creature will require food, as indicated by colored cubes. After building your biome, you’ll…

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