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Seasons
The greatest sorcerers of the kingdom have gathered at the heart of the Argos forest, where the legendary tournament of the 12 seasons is taking place.
60m
2 - 4 Players
Ages 14+
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The greatest sorcerers of the kingdom have gathered at the heart of the Argos forest, where the legendary tournament of the 12 seasons is taking place. At the end of the three year competition, the new archmage of the kingdom of Xidit will be chosen from among the competitors. Take your place, wizard! Equip your ancestral magical items, summon your most faithful familiars to your side and be ready to face the challenge!
Seasons is a tactical game of cards and dice which takes place in two phases:
The first phase “Prelude” consists of a card draft: the goal during this phase will be to establish your own 9-card deck for the main part of the game and with it the strategy.
Once the Prelude is complete, each player must separate their 9 cards into 3 packs of 3 cards. They will begin the second phase of the game with their first pack of three cards, then gradually as the game progresses, they will receive the other two packets of three cards.
Next comes the Tournament: at the beginning of each round a player will roll the seasons dice (dice = number of players +1).
These cubes offer a variety of actions to the players:
– Increase your gauge (maximum number of cards you may have placed on the table and in play)
– Harvesting energy (water, earth, fire, air) to pay the cost of power cards
– Crystallizing the energy (during the current season) to collect crystals. Crystals serve both as a resource to pay for some cards, but also as victory points in the end.
– Draw new cards
Each player can choose only one die per turn. The die not chosen by anyone determines how many fields the “time track” would move forward.
In addition, all the dice are different depending on the season. For example, there are not the same energies to a particular season. Throughout the game, players will therefore have to adapt to these changes – also the “exchange rates” of energy to crystals vary during seasons – the energy not present on the dice in any given season is also the best paid during the season.
At the end of the game, the crystals are summed with victory points granted by the cards (minus some penalties, where applicable). The highest score wins.
| Ages | 14+ |
|---|---|
| Designer | Régis Bonnessée |
| Theme | Card Game, Dice, Fantasy |
| Publisher | Crowd Games, Gém Klub Kft., Hobby Japan, sternenschimmermeer, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Asmodee, Asterion Press, Libellud, Rebel |
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
| Play Time | 60m |
| Mechanics | Card Drafting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Take That |
adammale
Chunky dice-rolling, card-drafting, magicians collecting energy tokens & summoning magic items & familiars within 4 seasons in 3 years, combos upon combos especially on 3rd year playing.
alepsycho
I enjoyed this game, the theme is fine, light and easy to like, a fun game, good in too players, some say that there is to much randomness, but I think this is part of the game mechanics, and the strategy envolved here is all about what to do with your luck. The game is beautiful with a lot of colors and the art in the cards are great.
alfredo lorente
The first time I played [i]Seasons[/i] was back in September 2013. The rating then was a three. Fast forward to November 15, 2015. I had forgotten I had played the game. The person teaching opens the game box, and I recognize it. I learn the game again. She does a fairly good job of explaining the game, decides to skip a part of it that only benefits experienced players, and the experience is better. Not great, but better. My rating went up to four, and while I still don't like the game, I may have been a smidgen too forceful with the original review. The real problem isn't the number of cards, but how you need to draft a deck on the fly at the very beginning of the game, with no guarantee that you'll get the tokens you need to execute your plan. Essentially, your first few moves are playing blind. So, as I said once, "I can see why some people would like it, although I've never understood why people find those games enjoyable." [i]Original Review:[/i] The game is far too random, and there are too many cards to keep track of. I can see why some people would like it, although I've never understood why people find those games enjoyable.