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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 |
AdelinDumitru
Update January 2018: The lack of expansions means that you get accustomed with all the cards, which significantly reduces the fun element. I'd play it again, but i'm not eager to give it a try anytime soon. Dropped from 9 to 7.5. I played it a couple of games on boardgamearena, which convinced me to get it. unboxed it yesterday and gosh those are some quality components. eveything fits perfectly in the box, and it is one of the most beautiful games i have ever seen. worth getting it even for the unboxing experience.
agentpatman
Initially I felt like this was really fun but I have a few issues with it. One is the amount of luck without any way to mitigate it, normally dice games have the ability to discard something to reroll. I did notice it was on one of the cards but that one card is isn't going to be in every game. Building an awesome deck then not rolling the right way you are stuck. Also drafting some uninteresting cards while your opponent has an engine and your also stuck. I also have issues with the rulebook that I really don't understand how it makes it past any sort of playtesting or QA process... I guess there isn't any. The files section on BGG talks about the issues with the rules but they didn't bother publishing a revised rulebook digitally, just shows lack of care from the publisher. Wrong examples, improper grammer, very each to spot errors for anyone who sits down and reads it. Once you get past all that, the draft is fun, the playing of the cards is fun, and I wish there was more of that. Going through the seasons, rolling the dice, is fun at first but pretty samey really quick. Some games you will have a huge amount of resources and and it will be easy and run out of cards within the first few turns then just cash in resources for points. Other games you will roll the other way and not be able to do anything. That randomness of how you experience the game just doesn't work for me. That said it was entertaining and I would play it if someone wanted me to join in their game, but not enough consistency for me to own,
Ajax
A very well-produced, beautifully-illustrated, elegantly-designed game. Dice-rolling, engine-building, and action selection put together in a cohesive package. One of my only complaints is the lack of a catch-up mechanism. Don't know how it could be played in 60 minutes, but I'd love to try it more.