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Do you have what it takes to defend Valeria?
For more than a month, the monster-kin have surrounded your fortress at Valeria’s southern border with hordes of monsters and mighty engines of war. Your supplies are nearly exhausted, but you’ve rallied your soldiers and holy troops to meet the foe’s latest surge. If you cannot break the siege in seven days, your fortress will fall and the southern border will crumble.
Siege of Valeria is a quick-playing survival game that tasks players with defending their castle from wave after wave of monstrous enemies. You will use cards and dice to defeat the assault and it is vital that you find clever ways to combo your powers!
This game includes custom dice, and art by The Mico.
Year Published
2022
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Meeple Day top_5_list at 12:53 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Clever, varied array of abilities and strategies
- Engaging puzzle with multiple paths to victory
Cons
- Core loop can feel repetitive
- Some players may burnout on the repeated siege-troop fights
Thematic elements
- siege warfare and tactical defense
- Fortress defense against an army of siege engines
- fantasy
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- deck/counterplay — Defeat siege engines to gain troop cards with one-time abilities; manage resources to prevent losses.
- Dice-driven combat — Roll dice to determine attacks and defenses; use unit cards with special abilities.
- front-line Vanguard mechanics — Front-line troops attack, with a risk of turret tokens and fortress damage if not managed.
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- I really enjoyed this game I can see why so many people recommended it
- the solo mode plays almost exactly the same way with the exception of the market
- it's not the most ideal way to play Twilight Inscription with AI
- the rule book is a little bit complicated
- I would probably have to play it with higher player counts to feel the burn
- this is not a solo only game this is I believe up to four players
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Beyond Solitaire game_review at 0:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- engaging multilayer decisions combining dice, cards, and board state
- tight, thematic integration with accessible yet deep mechanics
- compact footprint and strong player agency during turns
Cons
- table presence can be fiddly; setup space is non-trivial
- aesthetics and organization could benefit from better storage or a playmat
- rule edge-cases may require careful setup for newcomers
Thematic elements
- tower defense, siege warfare, resource and dice-driven combat
- fantasy medieval siege/defense setting with towers, siege engines, monsters
- operational, hands-on tactical skirmish within a siege environment
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- deck-building / champions — defeated enemies yield champion cards with powerful, temporary or lasting bonuses; champions can be deployed to turrets for enhanced effects
- dice allocation and dice color system — red dice provide raw strength; blue dice contribute magic and blue-cost requirements; optional overkill to modify values
- Event deck — after sieges, draw an event that buffs or harms sides; affects Vanguard strength and board state
- front-row / Vanguard mechanics — siege engines enter rows; defending turrets are damaged by enemies advancing toward the front; proximity changes what can be attacked
- overkill — spend extra dice to overpay and destroySiege engines more efficiently; sometimes enables discounts on future plays or extra bonuses
- range and attack rules — only front-row targets in range can be damaged; if a siege engine cannot be attacked it prompts strategy shifts
- turret damage tracking and loss conditions — turrets track damage; reaching damage thresholds, Vanguard breach, or running out of troops ends the game
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a really great tower defense game.
- It's a nice compact box with relatively few components but a lot of depth.
- I am so happy to see something like this come out in a relatively compact box.
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