Covil: The Dark Overlords (With extra Stickers)
40m - 90m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 12+
40m - 90m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 12+
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You are the dark Overlord, and the ritual is complete. At your command, the Covil rises. A living and breathing fortress now profaned by the greed crystals. Inside its dungeons lies the gate to the dark lands where countless hordes of chaotic beings were enslaved for so long. This time you will have your revenge.
In Covil: The Dark Overlords, you will struggle for the supremacy of the regions surrounding an isolated town. Each player controls a Dark Overlord with unique powers and countless troops of minions to “defend the world from enemy hordes”, bring “peace and security to the territories” — at a cost, of course!
The game consist of 4 days, each of them is divided in 3 phases:
Phase 1: Morning (Summoning troops)
Phase 2: Afternoon (Performing Actions)
Phase 3: Night (Dominance and Clean-up)
At the end of the fourth night phase, the game ends. The player with most victory points wins.
| Ages | 12+ |
|---|---|
| Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
| Play Time | 40m – 90m |
| Designer | Luís Brüeh |
| Mechanics | Action Point Allowance System, Area Control / Area Influence, Take That, Variable Player Powers |
| Theme | Humor, Fantasy |
| Publisher | Arrakis Games, Mandala Jogos, Mirakulus, Vesuvius Media |
Pozman
The upgrading of minions and so is fun, but the emphasis of this game is too much on attacking other players, so not my cup of tea. It also takes far too long for this kind of game.
prd1982
Just not good. Rules are clear enough, but it's not obvious what you should be doing or why. 5 coin limit is too constraining, and the interactive actions aren't worth doing. Only redeeming thing is the art, but that doesn't make up for the gameplay
Kernowick
I absolutely loved the idea of the game before playing and the design of the cards and other pieces is incredible. Unfortunately the game fell short, in a two player games it was a stalemate the whole game, we both spent time fighting for gold to get better minions, where we unfortunately had no time to use them. In a 4 player game it was less of a problem but still felt like we were were cut short of our plans due to the game ending too soon. I have both outposts and chaotic evil, they make the game more appealing but do not fix the inherent problem. I would suggest playing the game over 8 rounds, this felt like a good amount.