A fortunate situation is coming up, however. I like how the two major actions – combat and diplomacy encounters – don’t just push you to score the highest number of successes, but just the right number between the margins of scaring away your target or getting trounced yourself.īut how will I get this game? It is not on Kickstarter anymore, they don’t accept new pledges anymore, and I sure as hell don’t want to wait for the watered down retail version some time next year. You are part of a story that slowly unfolds itself, a story that drives the game and its mechanics. Why will I like this better than The 7th Continent? Because Tainted Grail focuses much more on narration and character progression. This game should’ve been a gift to myself all along! The signs were there: Tainted Grail hit Kickstarter on December 5th, which is Sinterklaas in the Netherlands – our very own Santa Clause equivalent. You see, I had just late late pledged The 7th Continent a few months before and thought ‘hey, this Tainted Grail thing looks expensive and just like The 7th Continent – hard pass!’.įlash forward to a year later, and The 7th Continent has left my collection again. Tainted Grail launched at a really bad time for me – at least, that’s what I thought at the moment. Now it’s your turn – the B-team – to step in and find out what happened with the island and with the first exploring party. Merlin sent out a team of your fiercest warriors to find a way to mend this, but they have not returned. They installed Menhirs to keep the Wyrdness at bay now their power is fading and the Wyrdness is creeping toward civilization. When King Arthur brought his knights to Avalon, they purged the land of everything that threatened their existence: most of its original inhabitants, as well as the Wyrdness. You can expect a review from me for the base game, the first expansion called Tales from the Ruined City, and the second expansion Days of the Siege, for which I got a review copy. I love it! I haven’t played a game that evoked these strong emotions since Robinson, so I think this game is eventual Top 3 material for me. There’s a lot to take into account in This War Of Mine, and you probably won’t survive. The night phase, where you go scavenging and raiders visit your shelter, reminds me of the unpredictability of the cards in Robinson Crusoe and those darned weather dice. The way you give your survivors tasks during the day reminds me of the planning you do in Robinson Crusoe. I got this game from the money I got from my family for my birthday – I always like to spend that money on something memorable, and this surely is. The excellent playthrough of Meet me at the Table was the decider. I wasn’t active on Kickstarter when the project was live – heck, I wasn’t even that much into boardgames back then, and even if I was, I would’ve dismissed this one because I haven’t played the video game (yet – I have downloaded a copy since I got the game) and therefore wouldn’t want a game based on a franchise I’m unfamiliar with.įlash forward to about a month ago and I slowly turned around. It’s a funny thing – the first Awaken Realms game I own doesn’t say so on the box, but it very much is – that is This War of Mine, currently being published (and expanded upon) by Galakta Games. Improve your shelter, build upgrades, and go scavenging at night to ensure existence in the near future. The town of Pogoren is in disarray as a result of the war, but you couldn’t care less for the cause – you and your fellow band of survivors care only for whatever they need to survive another day. What I’d like to do today is talk you through the various Awaken Realms projects that have caught my eye, what speaks to me, and why I will be backing all the upcoming Awaken Realms projects – for $1, at the very, very least. I do, however, have one game that, while it is a recent purchase, is a viable contender for my all time top 5 – possibly top 3. I suppose you would expect me to list all the Awaken Realms games I’ve backed, received, and have been happily playing ever since. The real fans, though, they know where to look – on Kickstarter, that’s where it’s at. Today I sing my praises to Awaken Realms.Īwaken Realms is a Polish company that designs board games and releases them through Kickstarter in all their glory, while later selling the condensed games through retailers. This is the tale of a talented group of storytellers who are masters in their craft. This is a tale about the power of storytelling an narration and the desire for us human beings to be sucked in to other worlds – worlds that are eerily close to the one we know, worlds that are conceived within the limits of our imagination, and worlds that we get lost in that are far apart from what we know.
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