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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 |
acolyte
Card AND dice drafting? How cool is that! Elegant, streamlined, fun, and full of colorful eye candy. Plays in just the right amount of time for just the right amount of depth.
ABigOleBoat
Very mediocre play experience - the game can't decide if it wants to be a casual, rules light game or a heavier engine builder. Tries to thread the needle and fails pretty miserably. Awful card balance (at least in the base game - people seem to enjoy the expansions, but I've never touched them) doesn't help anything. The fact that so many cards have inelegant, inexact rules doesn't help anything either. Over 10+ games, we also noticed a pretty bad runaway leader problem - the last year of the game often feels like a huge drag, as everyone already knows who has won. Two players is also the sweet spot for this game - at 3 or 4, the runaway leader problem becomes noticeably worse, and the draft/card balance issues feel more random.
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.