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Description
Source: The Developer Website.
After years of tireless explorations, brave Vikings have discovered a new land filled with mystery, danger and riches: Northgard.
The boldest Northmen have set sail to explore and conquer these new shores, bring fame to their Clan and write history through conquest, trading, or devotion to the Gods.
That is, if they can survive the dire wolves and undead warriors roaming the land, befriend or defeat the giants, and survive the harshest winters ever witnessed in the North.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Review at 0:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Tight game with limited actions
- Crunchy Euro experience
- Strategic planning required
- Engaging puzzle
- Short playtime for the depth
- Satisfying resource management
- Good replay value through action combinations and player interaction
Cons
- Card play can be difficult to achieve
- Drafting cards can be time-consuming
- Can feel too tight for some
- Puzzle can feel repetitive
Thematic elements
- Reintroducing forests and raising animals
- Iceland
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Comparison games
- White Castle
- Rajas of the Ganges
- River Boat
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Building — You will also build out your landscape. In this game you are building out outwards, but you're also building upwards. Up and beyond to the universe or to level three, which is the highest one.
- Card Drafting — The draft is a bit weird, and it takes a bit of time. You will draw nine cards. Look at all the nine cards, choose one card, and send it along. So everybody takes two cards. Then the first player gets nine cards, look at them. So there's a lot like then the first player needs to learn nine cards. Then next need to learn eight cards.
- Set Collection — You have to count the amount of things you have on your landscape. So now it's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Then I will move this little research the field research note up here seven spaces. Whenever I reach the white one, I will move that one space up and continue moving. And every time I'm I reach that white one, I will trigger all of my research papers again, getting all of the things that are in those research papers.
- Variable player powers — There's like a joker action here where you can basically imitate that action that the other player has done. However, you don't get the play the card or draw the card that is indicated there.
- Worker Placement — Every time it's your turn, you are going to move your action pawn from one action to another action and do the action that's there and also do the linked action.
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Quotes (from this video)
- And today we are taking a look at Northgard.
- This is an upcoming Spiel release
- You're not forced to. You can just show the secret sign and then go on your merry way to get some games or play some games or go to the bathroom or whatever you are on your way to doing.
- The player who got the worst bonus will be the first player and so on and so forth.
- This is it's such a like it's a game that you feel like you have two little actions to do what you want and it's a very tight game as well.
- The most interesting part of this game and the the most like unique thing is the balance of you wanting to have things to different places at the same time.
- And that is short. It's even shorter than the box says.
- It's a lot of crunch for a short time
- I really like this game. It is not a very very heavy game or very complicated game but it's a game that makes me go oh I really need to get this done. How do I do it?
- I really like North Green. I think it is for me in the same category as White Castle, where it's being a I think White Castle is nine rounds. Nine rounds, pretty short, but a lot of crunch. A lot of cool stuff going on. It's pure fun.
- It's It's more than medium because of the tightness.
- I agree with you. I'm going to end up on an eight. A really great game that you can check out at Spiel if you are interested.
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BoardGameCo Top List at 15:01 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Grateful for the opportunity to cover the game as the very first publisher relationship.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- crowdfunding — The publisher sent a prototype for a crowdfunding campaign, which the speaker covered.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is not an exhaustive list.
- I would not be where I am today if not for Board Game Geek, if not for the way I use the platform, if not for the trading I was able to do on the platform.
- He was a real friend who I did grow in this YouTube space with, who I did collaborate with and enjoyed those years of collaboration
- She's someone who I have I've she's someone who I've been friends with now for h three years three years at this point.
- one of the first games that I ever played one of the first games I ever bought in this hobby of space and I got to meet him interact with him and he became a friendship over the years
- You've benefited from Nekoner.
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3 Minute Board Games Review at 0:11 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- fast-paced feel for an area-control game
- regions vs. tile system adds engaging map-building variety
- emergent powers and clan upgrades create replayability and toolbox-building potential
Cons
- balance can be inconsistent at times
- presentation and polish feel incomplete for a release-ready feel
- end-game dynamics and action disparities can create real balance issues between players
Thematic elements
- resource management, territorial control, and base-building within a Norse/Viking context
- Viking clans stranded in a vast grassland far from the ocean
- emergent powers and clan upgrades shaping a dynamic toolbox for victory
Comparison games
- Lords of Hellas
- Tyrants of the Underdark
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — control of regions yields victory points and access to resources, driving competition
- area_control — control of regions yields victory points and access to resources, driving competition
- building_and_recruitment — build small or large structures using resources (wood and other costs) and recruit troops to the board
- card_actions_and_specials — cards provide repeated or special actions; some enable multi-step actions or alternative effects
- combat_resolution — combat uses dice and strength values; attackers and defenders resolve via dice, with casualties and potential region changes
- Deck Building — start with six basic cards and acquire more advanced ones throughout the game, shaping actions and tempo
- deck_building — start with six basic cards and acquire more advanced ones throughout the game, shaping actions and tempo
- end_round_and_scoring — rounds end either after seven turns or when a player controls three closed regions with large buildings; harvest and other tile-based scoring contribute points
- exploration — explore from open regions to draw tiles and potentially close regions for points
- lore_and_upgrades — lore mechanics allow card discard and redraw, while clan upgrades add long-term strategic options
- movement_and_combat — movement costs vary (one movement vs two across different lines); entering a region with enemy troops triggers combat
- Multi-Use Cards — cards provide repeated or special actions; some enable multi-step actions or alternative effects
- Tile Placement — explore by drawing tiles and placing them on the board, with region closure and scoring implications
- tile_placement — explore by drawing tiles and placing them on the board, with region closure and scoring implications
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- North guard is a reasonably fast-paced area control game with some emergent powers that try to keep it interesting
- the best thing about this game is the regions vs tile system it makes map building a lot more fun
- however, ultimately northguard is a bit of a mess and it left me feeling like this game needed a bunch more polish before release
- without getting into discussions of balance, the fact players can end up with dramatically different numbers of actions in a round can cause real issues
- as can the sudden death win conditions and lopsided fights
- northgard: Raiders of the green Shrubbery
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