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Year
2020
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Description
The Dark Alliances cards start the game in the deck with the other cards. You can use these powerful cards to help one of your fellow players...for a price!
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positive
Pros
- Adds potential alliances that can change the status of the board.
- Cards can be used as an icon to add to another card to take an action, even if an alliance is not formed.
- Increases interaction and decision-making.
Cons
- Potential for betrayal or actions not being in your favor due to trust issues.
- The large number of banners (four) can cause a huge swing.
Thematic elements
- Forming alliances and potentially betraying them in a game of hidden agendas and shifting power.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Described as an 'area majority hitting victory point game strategy game'.
- Card Play — The expansion introduces new cards that are played on other players' turns, requiring acceptance or rejection.
- negotiation/alliances — The core of the expansion involves forming potential alliances where players can offer benefits to opponents if they accept.
- Secret Agendas — Players further their agenda while still hiding in the shadows.
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Quotes (from this video)
- If you are watching this video, you probably have played or heard of A War of Whispers by Starling Games.
- I can confirm that the whispers are real because Starling Games is coming out with the first expansion for their area majority hitting victory point game strategy game A War of Whispers: Dark Alliances.
- So one of the big actions I see on half of these cards is offering to add four banners to an opponent's attack for some type or other benefit to you.
- There really is a form of trust when trying to play these alliance cards and I'm thinking for that reason they are actually dark alliance cards.
- So tell your family and friends that the dark alliances are being formed.
- Will you trust in the whispers or decide to stick it out alone in A War of Whispers: Dark Alliance by Starling Games.
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