Wildlands

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 8.7 out of 10

   Capadokia

   My group did not like it at first glance, but after a few games that changed. This shows that you sometimes need too play more then once and even a different day too truly appreciate some games. 4 points that i did not like was: - the art used on the cards was confusing because it did not match the character that actually could use the card - the characters where hard too disquisition on the board which one of yours was which (maybe painted mini would have helped) - one faction (fogot the name) symbols look too much like each other (you can disquisition them because each symbol has his own same spot on each card ) - the 6 and the 9 are hard too take apart (you can compare the brick background of the cards too pick them apart ;) The game feels fast-pasted not complicated system but that does not mean that there is less too think about ,i think overall this game feels very solid FREE TIP!: keep your interrupt card at end of the game too steal the win or too re-interrupt someone that try's too steal the win ;D

2. 5 out of 10

   curtc

   People were going goo goo ga ga over this at Essen. I don't get it. I played a full game (with a very good rules explanation by a demoer from Osprey Games--bravo). The board looks quite nice, and is what attracted me to the game. You have 5 dudes that start at various places on the board (which you have control over). You also have 5 crystals which start at 5 different places (which you have no control over). You then play cards on your turn to (mostly move your dudes around and try to collect your gems. 5 points = you win. I say you "mostly" move and collect gems, because you can also attack/defend, but in a multiplayer game, this generally falls into the classic problem of being lose-lose for both players involved. Especially because often an attack [i]defended[/i] which means the only thing that happened was both sides spent cards. Which are a precious resource as you draw exactly 3 every turn. In theory you [i]can[/i] make it win/lose by attacking [i]enough[/i] to not just wound but kill the other dude. But this is very hard to do. And if you don't kill, it just sets up someone else, because the spoils for killing to solely to player who dealt the fatal blow, and there is no healing. This brings me to the second problem with the game. [b]The miniatures ruin the game. [/b] It's nearly impossible to tell at a glance which dude on the board is which. Not just enemies, but your own. I had a devil of a time keeping it straight. You have to try and match the sculpt with the art on each card. This is really difficult when there are 25 unique sculpts. Sure, only 5 per player, and mercifully they have color-coded bases, but there's still a lot of work attempting to figure out which is which.

3. 6 out of 10

   artfuldodge2

   Jury is still out. Iconography was confusing. Not sure it’s a better game than WizWar, the automatic comparison