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Cerebria – The Inside World: Forces of Balance
Expansion of: Cerebria: The Inside World
135m
2 - 5 Players
Ages 14+
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As Bliss and Gloom struggle for control of the Inside World, a new force enters the fray. Neither judge nor spectator, Balance is an active participant, striving to ensure that no side achieves dominance. Both Bliss and Gloom are important for the health of Cerebria, and Balance seeks a way for them to coexist in harmony.
The Forces of Balance expansion extends the world of Cerebria by adding a third side to the game with two new Spirits; unpredictable Intuition and wise Reason. The Balance game mode makes it possible for six players to play at once, and it also works for fewer numbers of players.
The Balance side has also some new mechanics. Their Emotions, the way they Invoke Emotions, gain Essence or Fortify are all uniquely tied to the playstyle of Balance.
Balance players have their own method to gather final scores during the game. They do not compete for the Common Aspiration. Instead, they have a Hidden Aspiration with two equivalent conditions. Just like Bliss and Gloom, Balance wins by having the most points at the end of the game from Identity Fragments and the Wheel of Intentions.
—description from the publisher
| Ages | 14+, 15+ |
|---|---|
| Designer | Frigyes Schőberl, István Pócsi, Viktor Peter, Richard Amann |
| Theme | Expansion for Base-game, Fantasy |
| Publisher | Mindclash Games |
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
| Play Time | 135m |
| Mechanics | Action Point Allowance System, Area Control / Area Influence, Deck / Pool Building, Hand Management, Miniatures, Partnerships, Point to Point Movement, Team Versus, Variable Player Powers, Versus |
harnas
Very nice to play the balance faction! And the balance has been integrated in the game beautifully. Don't be fooled to think you are doing well by scoring nicely in the first few revelations. In the long run, the overall balance in the game is also important to avoid Bliss or Gloom getting to influential and win, instead of you ;)
GeorgW
I loved the idea of this expansion, trying to help out whichever team was behind and generally disrupting, but I really didn't like playing as balance. Everything is slightly harder and while you maybe also don't get targeted as much, it's also not always in your interest to do big swing plays so you have to temper yourself. The goals also either seem obviously easy or impossible depending on the board state, without you being able to do much. But the big problem is that I've only played this with 6 players. So much will happen between 6 rounds and you can do so little to affect it that you kind of lose agency in the game. Maybe I'd like this expansion for 3 players, but I also don't think it's bad to play 2 vs 1 so there's no real need. I also don't like that you play fewer rounds. You don't really get going and are forced to go for easy points.
mi_de
Kind of cool to have a third player whose job it is to balance the other two players, scoring for how neutral the game ends up. Nice way to work in a third player for both gameplay and theme, although you are in danger of being a real kingmaker.