Comanchería: The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire

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2016

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Description

Comanchería is the second game in Joel Toppen's "First Nations" series. Like its predecessor, Navajo Wars, Comanchería is a solitaire game in which the player plays from the Native American tribe's point of view.

In Comanchería, the player takes command of the Comanche nation. The player must drive hostile tribes from the southern plains, establish dominance over the region, set up trade networks with both friendly tribes and colonial powers, and finally defend all of this against relentless military and cultural attack.

While many mechanics will feel similar to Navajo Wars, Comanchería is a very different game. Comanchería promises to deliver all the tough decisions and drama that Navajo Wars players have come to expect, but with a faster playing time and more streamlined victory objectives.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Massive scale and scope
Honest, open treatment of historical subject matter
Sandbox-like flexibility with many strategic choices
Clear narrative through the mechanics and progression
Deep Automa AI once mastered

Cons

AI system can be fiddly and complex
Very hard solo game; not for casual players
Niche appeal due to mature themes
Uncertain how well it conveys its historical story to all players

Thematic elements

Rise and fall of a nation, cultural development, warfare, and interactions with colonizers
Indigenous North American history; four eras exploring the Comanche Empire
historical simulation with explicit and brutal subject matter

Comparison games

Navajo Wars
Nemo's War

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Action economy — Four operations per turn: Culture, Take Actions, Prepare, Passage of Time
Automa AI — Non-player factions controlled by an artificial opponent system
Bag Building — Resolve effects by drawing tokens from a bag
Bag draw — Resolve effects by drawing tokens from a bag
card management — Managing multiple card decks and ongoing effects
Combat/raiding — Raid and fight mechanics yielding tokens and consequences
Leader development and transformation — Retire/red-to-blue leaders and adjust capabilities
Rancheria management / worker activation — Activate bands in Rancheria and place on tracks to affect actions
Ravage and settlements — Ravage markers, removal and settlement interactions
Resource Management — Horses, captives, trade goods and food drive decisions
Resource system — Horses, captives, trade goods and food drive decisions
Time Track — Headman actions and time track interplay
Time track and headman actions — Headman actions and time track interplay
Time/eras — Four eras with a passage of time marker and end condition

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Comancheria is a big beast of a game and it does so so many ambitious things all at once
it's a Sandbox that lets you make tons of choices about where to expand who to fight what to build and how to develop your culture
The AI system is a bit fiddly but it's really deep once you get the hang of it
The best thing about this game is it Sheer scale and scope
it's a game that models the full rise and fall of the nation from start to finish
this is a super hard rather complex solo game with very adult themes, I'd recommend it to veteran solo gamers only

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