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The Scythe: Modular Board expansion allows you to change the landscape of Eastern Europa every time you play Scythe thanks to its double-sided game board and four large double-sided landscape tiles. Faction locations, i.e., the home base tiles, change each time you play.
The modular board adds a drafting element to set-up, along with a variant for a tighter map at lower player counts.
Featured Components
• 1 double-sided board (624x818mm, same size as the standard Scythe board)
• 4 double-sided tiles (7 hexes per tile)
• 8 home base tiles
• 8 structure bonus tiles
• 1 rulebook (11 languages)
• Automa rules for solo play
Ages | 14+ |
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Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players |
Play Time | 90m – 115m |
Designer | Jamey Stegmaier |
Mechanics | Area Control / Area Influence, Grid Movement, Variable Player Powers |
Theme | Economic, Expansion for Base-game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Territory Building |
Publisher | Grok Games, Stonemaier Games |
Fried Egg
[b]Pros:[/b] * Allows you to generate a different map each time you play with a double sided board and four double sided six hex location tiles. * Allows you to scale the map size according to how tight you want to make it for a given player count. * New building bonus tiles for additional ways to score buildings. * Compatible with any of the other expansions. [b]Cons:[/b] * There are far more lake tiles than on the original board. Perhaps this favours those factions that are able to traverse water? * The modular terrain tiles warp slightly meaning they won't sit entirely flat are are liable to be easily moved or spun around. [b]Summary:[/b] All in all, worth buying if you feel the openings in regular Scythe are scripted. Also helps if you want to scale the map to better support lower player counts.
Flatirons
New printing run has added thin red tunnel outlines. Setup (0-Slow | 4-Quick): 3/4 Easy to teach (0-Hard | 4-Easy): 3/4 Player Interaction (0-Solitaire | 4-Plenty): 4/4 Downtime (0-Long | 4-Short): 2/4 Luck Influence (0-Swingy | 4-None/Counterable): 2/4 Replayability (0-Barely any | 4-Almost infinite): 4/4 Fun (0-Boring | 4-Heck Yeah): 4/4 Taking into account the 768 different hex arrangements, we have the following total possible layouts per player count: 2 | 903168 = 1176 * 768 3 | 9031680 = 11760 * 768 4 | 45158400 = 58800 * 768 5 | 108380160 = 141120 * 768 6 | 108380160 = 141120 * 768 7 | 30965760 = 40320 * 768 And the grand total of all possible layouts across all player counts is 302,819,328!
CanadianWyteWolf
I imagine the more I play, the more I'll value this expansion. Although we have not played much with the modular board itself, the extra building bonus tiles are useful (and we used them when playing The Rise of Fenris). I also love how the board is double-sided & the more I see this in the hobby, the more I think all game boards should feature an alternate side. 3 plays of which included a Rise of Fenris faction.