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Norse law dictates that every man shall posses a weapon at all times. The need to swiftly wield an axe in the name of battle, honor, or revenge was ever-present. Valhalla will not be filled with the weak.
In Fire & Axe: A Viking Saga, originally released as Viking Fury, you vie for glory across three epic Viking sagas, each one a different journey to raid, trade, and settle territories. Will you choose the path of diplomacy and trade for victory? Or will your longship cast a bloody wake?
Start your journey by gathering crew and goods to outfit your boat. Will your ships be filled with warrior or goods? Settlers or sackers? After your launch from bustling ports into the open sea, you must choose your path to power — but don't get lost in the wind; the sea will gladly devour souls who take her lightly...
The life of a Viking is one of power and glory, or untold sorrow. Which shall be your destiny?
- Cool preparation phase
- Variable sailing days
- Liked the planning structure
- Trading, rating, conquering ports
- Set collection elements
- Historically Viking theme
- Fun game with neat mechanisms
- Viking exploration and raiding
- Viking era
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Um and I liked that structure of having to plan out what you're going to be doing on your turn.
- Resource Management — you can load up one dude uh for each day of the week, you can load up uh provisions for one day of the week, that kind of thing.
- Set Collection — there's some set collection in what ports you have rated and or traded with.
- Worker Placement — Other things that you're going to be doing on your turns are things like trading with different ports, rating different ports, conquering different ports.
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