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Elekt

Game ID: GID0111740
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2019
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Description

Elekt is a tactical card game steeped in a dark fantasy climate of horror and intrigue. This tactical card game for 2-4 people features 100 beautifully illustrated cards depicting the ghosts and servants of Darkness who will fight for you in your attempt to seize the throne of the dark Ebionite Dominat as a new Emperor-Elekt. This game offers a lot of strategic decisions driven by intuition and cunning.

Elekt is set in the post-apocalyptic techno-fantasy world of Klanarchia, created by Michał Markowski, and described in the RPG Klanarchia handbook.

Description

Elekt is a tactical card game steeped in a dark fantasy climate of horror and intrigue. This tactical card game for 2-4 people features 100 beautifully illustrated cards depicting the ghosts and servants of Darkness who will fight for you in your attempt to seize the throne of the dark Ebionite Dominat as a new Emperor-Elekt. This game offers a lot of strategic decisions driven by intuition and cunning.

Elekt is set in the post-apocalyptic techno-fantasy world of Klanarchia, created by Michał Markowski, and described in the RPG Klanarchia handbook.

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positive
Pros
  • Unique, thematic rondelle mechanic
  • Engaging tile/worker progression and retirement flow
  • Striking box art and theme
Cons
Thematic elements
  • Rondelle-driven action selection in a market setting
  • Japan-inspired theme with street market vibe
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • card-driven regional advancement — Playing cards advances actions that populate a tableau of workers/people.
  • color-based set collection / scoring — Players chase color sets (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white) and color-specific effects.
  • Rondel — Actions are built up by playing cards to advance along a market rondelle.
  • rondelle (dial/roundel) action selection — Actions are built up by playing cards to advance along a market rondelle.
  • set collection — Players chase color sets (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white) and color-specific effects.
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  • Please pick it up if you love cozy solo gaming.
  • I am absolutely obsessed with this game.
  • The art is fantastic. Probably my favorite art in a game thus far this year.
  • Remember Our Trip is a drafting polyomino tile placement game in a way.
  • I ended up really enjoying Eeky. It's a very unique game in a few different ways.
  • Oak is a very fun game. Very underrated.
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