We recently go the opportunity to check out Battle Hardened Games premier game 1750. This is the first game by Jason Huffman and takes a theoretical conflict between the empires of England and France and allows players to fight it out over four theaters of war. What we really think is great about this game is the fact that it plays in about 30 minutes. It offers a deep strategic element too, which even in the prototype stage has us wanting to replay it.
If you are interested in the game feel free to check out the Kickstarter project which can be found (here).
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Mage Wars Mondays #8 – Bryan Pope Talks About All The Things
In this episode of Mage Wars Mondays Aaron, Rick, and Scott are joined by Mage Wars creator Bryan Pope! He has graciously lent his time to answer some of your questions along with a few of our own. If you are a fan of knowing some things that are going to come in the future this episode is a must listen!
If you find yourselves at Gen Con be sure to stop by the Arcane Wonders booth for some brand new promo cards!
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Pack o Game Kickstarter Preview
Chris Handy of Perplext brings us a very unique look at the Micro Game. Pack o Game goal offers an insane amount of different mechanics and games all within the packaging of a standard pack of gum. What he has done is truly remarkable and makes for Pack o Game to be a Kickstarter project we feel is worth looking into. Kickstarter launches on August 4th.
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Mage Wars Mondays # 5 – Forged in Fire Card Primer
In this episode of Mage Wars Mondays Aaron, Rick, and Scott take a look at some of their favorite cards within Forged in Fire, Aaron battles back from the brink of death, and the gang talks a bit about what is going to happen at Gen Con!
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Five Games You Need To Own, If You Don’t Already
Here at Let’s Level Up, we play a lot games. Good ones – dare I even say great ones. Here are five games that I feel you need to own, if you don’t already.
Warring Kingdom by Harry Gao (Kickstarter Preview)
Our Thoughts
Warring Kingdom is a deck builder that brings something fresh to the genre – player interaction. Now it is my opinion that deck building games can, not always but certainly can, just seem to be a multiplayer game of solitaire. What I mean by that is I am playing a game with other people but only interacting with myself and a central supply. Warring Kingdom turns that very notion on it’s head making the win condition not deal in victory points but in that fact you win if you can destroy another players Castle – the very heart of their kingdom.
Warring Kingdom skillfully balances kingdom management using the cards. Higher more advanced cards require an upkeep cost to maintain, if you do not have the economy (coin bought from the supply combined with advanced civilians like Farmers and Money Lenders), you will not be able to maintain your armies for very long. Combat is handled very interestingly. A player can only have deployed two rows of five units – potentially. Once you have at least one solider you can declare to attack on your attack phase – you roll six d6 and depending on on the results that is who attacks. For example if I roll 1,1,1,2,5,5 the unit I had in position 1 would attack three times (if present), the unit I had in position 2 would attack once, and finally the unit I had in position 5 would attack twice. The defender will also roll 6 dice to determine which of his defenders will deal damage in the defense.
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Year Published |
2013
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# of Players |
2 − 4
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Playing Time |
45 minutes
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