Will Thor survive the challenge of the trickster, Loki? Will the Valkyries overtake Odin?
In the oldest poem of Norse Mythology, the "Völuspá" tells the story of the endless struggle of powerful gods, dangerous creatures, and forgotten races. Which beings will dominate?
In Völuspá the game, the story will unfold differently each time, as a new force rises in dominance! Players take turns playing tiles with twelve different characters and creatures of Norse Mythology, using the power of these tiles to block, capture or intimidate in order to control other tiles and score points. The player who scores the most points by dominating other tiles wins the game.
Völuspá – a reimagining and retheming of the previously released game Kachina – is an easy-to-learn, tile-laying game that features great depth of play for 2 to 5 players. Völuspá includes the 25 tile expansion module "Saga of Edda", which offers even more strategic opportunities and replayability.
Golden Geek Abstract Game Nominee 2013
- beautiful Nordic artwork
- abstracted mechanics
- thematic, abstract map-building
- Nordic myth/themed tiles
- mythic/folklore-inspired
- Carcassonne
- Glen More
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- tile placement — lay tiles to form a map with Norse imagery
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- I don't know very much about wargames I haven't played many war games
- these games are for adults
- these are the vast majority these are available easily
- abstract strategy games don't really look like that anymore
- these are not children's items they're for adults to have a serious time together
References (from this video)
- Norse mythology
- Carcassonne
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Your cards are ordered, you must never change the order of your cards
- If nobody guesses my card I get zero points and if everybody guesses my card I get zero points
- I've got to come up with a clue that's just obscure enough that some people around the table will get it
- Evolution is my absolute favorite game
- It's like a jigsaw but you build it all together - a game can be this
- Social deduction games can get quite loud and aggressive
- I really don't like games which require you as a player to be funny
- I find it so awkward and cringy, to be honest I won't play these games anymore
- There are billions and billions of possible combinations that we could make
- Hand management is a really satisfying part of many many card games