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Chronicles of Frost
60m - 80m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 12+
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The land of Valskyrr needs its heroes once again! Only those with true skill and resolve can brave the ever changing icy paths and monstrosities spawned by the nefarious power of the Mists. Fell mighty enemies, explore and shape the land, embark on quests, write your own chronicle, and become a legend in a world of dark sorcery and peril. Will you answer the call to adventure?
Chronicles of Frost is a deck-building adventure game set in Æstemyr, a dark fantasy universe rich in its own lore, shared by Mistfall, Heart of the Mists and Shadowscape.
Start with two unique quests and a small deck, and improve your character by gaining new ability cards, items and allies. Unlock each card’s more powerful effect by using skill tokens or by exerting your character to push ever further on your way to becoming a legend. Face ruthless enemies and reap the rewards of your victories. Explore and build the world, creating a new map every time you play, and use the special abilities of locations to your benefit. Manage your deck by retiring cards into your personal chronicle, where they will yield more fame at the end of the game.
Face up to three opponents in a new competitive adventure game (or brave the frozen wilds cooperatively), playable in 80 minutes, and write the chronicle of your hero.
| Ages | 12+ |
|---|---|
| Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
| Play Time | 60m – 80m |
| Designer | Błażej Kubacki |
| Mechanics | Deck / Pool Building, Modular Board, Variable Player Powers |
| Theme | Card Game, Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy |
| Publisher | NSKN Games |
kosterix
1 week ago (edited) I decided to cancel my pledge because - it is in essence a non-impressive game to look at, - the deck builder/destruction with map already has been done in Village of the Kings, and - the quests in King's Guild (another ks), seem to be implemented better. Also what I didn't like was the - using the remains of slain monsters, it feels weird. - the levelling of characters is done better in Diceborn Heroes (a ks), - the questing seems samey every time. - non intuitve card effect. - much downtime (from rahdo), with 3 players unacceptably long, and nothing to do until it's your turn, you can't plan ahead. This would result in 3 players playing on their smartphone and occasionally looking up. Game designers, if you design a map to be made by rectangles, make the components look like a map! Use squares, not rectangles, or at least use a square active part on your cards. Bad examples: Sunset over Water. Good example: Forbidden Desert. Game designers, make sure players have something to do when it is not their turn! Frost seems to have good points, + the map is different each time + small footprint (more a requirement) + no direct vs player mech, but indirect; no player elimination. Now for scoring: (+) box is small and beautiful, the card artwork is nice too. (+) every time the board is quite different. (+) game does not take up ridiculous amount of table space. The discovery of new land from the center inn is a very nice mechanism, with the 5x5 borders around it. (+) price ($30) very reasonable. (+) the lore and game mechanism is intriguing, the fact you have your specialized skill deck that can be augmented from a center action deck. (-) downtime is too much, each player is busy for 5 minutes, for nothing to do for other players. People will use their smartphones, watch tv and otherwise kill the mood. (-) your personal quests are all very samey. (-) the competitive aspect does not add to the fun. (-) the mechanism of using your defeated enemies feels unnatural and cards don't match (-) there are too many effects on the cards. Probably you can get used to it, but it just feels contrived. so I'll give it a 5, which is not enough for me to get it.
Nagoya
Quick easy set up, a good filler with just enough depth to be interesting while waiting to get into something bigger. Limited stretch goals were not included but publishers took responsibility and problem will be addressed soon.
Ajax509jnet
Chronicles of frost is a great solitaire card game with the theme of adventure. To describe the solitaire feel, the game allows you to pick from two decks to purchase cards to make you card deck better to complete tasks in the game. Now, to describe the same mechanism but from the adventure theme side you are walking on your journey to save your village from the incoming darkness and you stop to pray for the safety of others. That is a stretch of the imagination but the cards do say words like "Prayer" or "hard March". I love that. The cards fit well with in the actions you take in the game. I really enjoy how the game takes a small space on the self but has big box of imagery with the card text and gorgeous art. I have given this game a high score because my needs for the tiny "foot print" with a generous set of story telling Oh and I have the expansion "All that burns" that and the cooperation and campagin versions of the game.