Game Info
Year
2021
Players
1-4
Age
10+
Playtime
60 min
Complexity
3/5
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Description
The Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North – Egyptian Kings expansion is the fourth expansion in the line and introduces two brand new faction decks to the game. The Hatshepsut deck is a clan located on the Nile Delta, with the deck being designed around that core concept. The faction introduces a new mechanism of assigning workers to Field cards to make them more fertile and effective. The Amenhotep deck is designed around the concept of the passing of centuries, the sands of time. Locations in the deck will decline and get discarded at the end of the round if the player won’t spend resources to keep the card in the Empire.
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Board Games UnLocked Review at 0:19 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique faction mechanics
- Good balance of resource generation and spending
- Consistent decks
- Varied ways to gain points
- Interesting mechanics like sustaining cards and boost icons
Cons
- Difficulty levels can be high
- Factions can feel one-note compared to Imperial Settlers due to fixed decks
- Need for a big box to store expansions
Thematic elements
- Egyptian Kings
Comparison games
- Imperial Settlers
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Mentioned in relation to drawing and keeping opening hands of cards.
- Deck Building — Contrasted with Imperial Settlers, noting that Empires of the North factions have fixed decks rather than deck-building.
- Raiding — Mentioned as a way to interact with other players.
- Resource Management — Central to both factions, with discussions on generating and spending various resources like food, wood, stone, fish, and sheep.
- Sailing — Discussed as a significant mechanic for Amenhotep and less so for Hatshepsut.
- Set Collection — Implied through mechanics like collecting action pawns or ships for scoring.
- Worker Placement — Discussed in relation to both factions, specifically how workers are assigned to cards for bonuses or actions.
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- she is huge on harvesting and populating those seem to be the big the two big ones
- she's extremely solid very consistent very consistent deck
- he has to spend resources to sustain his cards and he doesn't generate a whole lot
- i really like that mechanic because it's it's a slow build but you you towards the end of the game because like when when we last played with these two cat was consistently moving up and i'm like all right it's ten to zero and then i get it all set up and i'll be like all right now it's 11 to 10 like i would jump up that much
- portal games you know keep it coming
- i don't really know where that was coming from but yeah
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Top List at 13:47 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Simple and easy to understand
- Doesn't require learning a whole new rule set
- Easy to understand card play
- Doesn't require digging for combos
- Any excuse to get Empires of the North to the table
Cons
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- Brian Boru High King of Ireland as soon as you put that on the on the table and as soon as I saw trick taking I was like uh oh I'm all in I I pushed all the chips in I was fully engaged in this game
- Clash of cultures Monumental Edition I'd like to commend the design development and Publishing team behind K C it's varied in strategy epic in scale and thankfully foot powder free
- man it's one of those games for me that just created an experience every time I played and I've played with four player I've played with three player I've played with two player and every single time I enjoyed what that game brought to the table
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