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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 |
anasxatzi
In theory this would be a great expansion. Creating varying starting conditions instead of playing on the same stale map. In practice though it can create weird balancing issues. For example we randomized a map that put the Nordic starting position nowhere near a single river tile,thus rendering their ability and consequently the faction completely useless. OK,you could switch the tile ,someone could argue ,and put some rivers closer to their starting position but then why would you not switch another tile to make another faction more viable to choose?And so on and so forth. You would have to have a group that is OK with houseruling parts of the setup for this to be a recommendable expansion.
easto1a
The building placement bonus tiles feels like it could have been a promotional pack. The board is interestign opening new opportunities up but it really isn't needed unless you play super regularly.
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.