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A Royal Will

Game ID: GID0011932
Game Info
Year
2021
Players
2-6
Age
14+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1/5
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Description

Death, woe, tragedy... and Opportunity?

"Euphoria, once the peaceful center of the Andromeda galaxy, a crossroad for kingdoms and solardoms, has plummeted into treachery and chaos.

With the unexplained deaths of its royal family, assets that can buy nebulas are up for grabs, and everyone has a tactic to try to alter the wills in their favor…”

A royal game of galactic greed. Form strategic character pairings using just 2 cards to win The Wills. One character acts to disrupt the Inheritance, the other steals the wealth. There’s a craft to high-stakes thievery: greed will leave your pockets empty, but caution will profit your enemies. Play your cards right, and the wealth of Euphoria shall be yours!

—description from the designer

Description

Death, woe, tragedy... and Opportunity?

"Euphoria, once the peaceful center of the Andromeda galaxy, a crossroad for kingdoms and solardoms, has plummeted into treachery and chaos.

With the unexplained deaths of its royal family, assets that can buy nebulas are up for grabs, and everyone has a tactic to try to alter the wills in their favor…”

A royal game of galactic greed. Form strategic character pairings using just 2 cards to win The Wills. One character acts to disrupt the Inheritance, the other steals the wealth. There’s a craft to high-stakes thievery: greed will leave your pockets empty, but caution will profit your enemies. Play your cards right, and the wealth of Euphoria shall be yours!

—description from the designer

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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Fast 15-minute playtime
  • Easy to teach
  • Works well with larger groups
  • Engaging, sneaky math
  • Appealing artwork
Cons
  • Two-player experience is weaker
  • Math-centric mechanics may surprise players
  • Theme is light and abstract
Thematic elements
  • greed, bargaining, and social negotiation around inheritance
  • Galactic royal family inheritance race
  • simultaneous action selection with hidden information
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Betting and Bluffing — Predicting others' choices and managing risk to avoid bust while pursuing coins.
  • Bluffing / risk assessment — Predicting others' choices and managing risk to avoid bust while pursuing coins.
  • Hand Management — Players manage two cards that determine coin value and action each turn.
  • Resource Management — Central pool of coins that players bid from; the advisor's bet influences bust or success.
  • Resource management / betting — Central pool of coins that players bid from; the advisor's bet influences bust or success.
  • Simultaneous action selection — Players choose, in secret, a card to play face down and reveal simultaneously.
  • Simultaneous Actions — Players choose, in secret, a card to play face down and reveal simultaneously.
  • Variable powers / card abilities — Cards grant different actions (e.g., executor, advisor) that affect interactions.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • it's a game for between two and six players that i think plays best at larger play counts
  • it's a super sneaky math game
  • the game can end in about 15 minutes
  • we had a lot of fun playing this game
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