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Game Info
Year
2017
Players
2-6
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
Collection
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Description
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The Crusades have summoned Richard the Lionheart to the Middle East. Back home in England, John Lackland is trying to consolidate his power, recruiting the Sheriff of Nottingham to his side. Opposing them is Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. What will be left of Richard's Kingdom when the Crusades are over?
In Richard the Lionheart, players ally themselves either with Robin Hood or John Lackland. They travel across England, trying to earn prestige points and influence the Crusades from afar. At the end of the game, Richard will return to what's left of his kingdom...if he returns at all. At this time, the player who has earned the most prestige wins.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 27:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging card-driven tension
- Easy-to-understand board and iconography
- Unique cooperative dynamic with an individual winner
- Improved from initial Expo version
Cons
- Moving around the board itself is not the main focus
- Potential for selfish play due to individual scoring
Thematic elements
- Supporting Richard the Lionheart's fight in the Crusades or staying home to take over the kingdom.
- The Crusades
- Team-based, with a potential neutral player.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- area influence — Players try to influence tracks (war, Richard's return, coffers) based on card contributions.
- Card Drafting — Players contribute cards to a central pool that influences game tracks.
- team play — Players are split into two teams, with an optional neutral player.
- variable scoring — The overall winner on the winning team is determined by prestige points.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The stacking mechanism was what's cool and what's different
- The art is done by Ian O'Toole and it's a big humongous board that's just absolutely gorgeous
- The tension is everything in this game
- The vegetables why such the hate on vegetables
- The game ends when the two ends of this moat meet and they kind of seal off the palace
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