Scythe Encounters is a boxed set of 32 new promo encounter cards designed by fans of Scythe and developed into the final cards by Jamey Stegmaier. It is recommend to play with this deck of cards by itself a few times to experience the new options before shuffling them into the original encounter deck.
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In June 2018, Scythe fans were invited to make a design for ONE encounter card using specific art. Jamey reviewed the submissions, selected his favorites (often mixing and matching various submissions), and developed them. Now the Scythe Encounters promo boxed set is a reality!
Scythe Encounters is a boxed set of 32 brand-new promo encounter cards. These cards feature a number of innovations in the encounter system. We recommend that you play with them on their own for a few games; after that you can shuffle them into the regular encounter deck.
—description from the publisher
| Ages | 14+ |
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| Designer | Jamey Stegmaier |
| Publisher | Crowd Games, Albi, Delta Vision Publishing, Feuerland Spiele, Maldito Games, Matagot, PHALANX, Stonemaier Games |
| Play Time | 90m – 115m |
| Mechanics | Area Control / Area Influence, Grid Movement, Miniatures, Variable Player Powers |
| Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 5+ Players, 6 Players |
| Theme | Economic, Expansion for Base-game, Fighting, Territory Building, Exploration |
Canadiangamer
Way too random and swingy for my liking. The best part of Scythe to me is just how strategic it is, these fly in the face of that. Fun to use every once in a while but you gotta go into it knowing that they change the whole tone of the game.
akikone
The original encounters often didn't feel too exciting, but this deck has a wide variety of events that are interesting.
Boolbar
They change Encounters from being fairly predictable into a slightly more random benefit. Sometimes you can get one of these cards that is not very useful for your current situation and plans, and sometimes it is a very handy boost: far more so than the base cards.