Game Info
Year
2022
Players
1-5
Age
10+
Playtime
45 min
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Description
Roll-and-write in the Valeria universe hiring citizens slaying monsters and building roads to domains
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong, appealing art style by Mikko that matches the Valeria world
- Visually cohesive components and player mats that feel thematic
- Intriguing world-building across Valeria, increasing curiosity about the setting
- Hadrian's Wall-like vibe but lighter and quicker to teach and play
- Harvest dice sharing encourages multi-player awareness and interaction
- Accessible entry point for rolling-right fans while offering satisfying combos
Cons
- Statues are largely repeats, reducing variety in larger player counts
- Interaction is modest, typical of roll-and-write genres
- May start to feel repetitive or shallow after multiple plays
- Not as deep as heavier rolling-right games; better as a filler than a central game
- Durability considerations (lamination) for sheets may be necessary
Thematic elements
- duchy management and dice-driven progression through walls, monsters, and citizens
- Medieval world of Valeria
- world-building with a whimsical, cartoony medieval setting
Comparison games
- Hadrian's Wall
- Twilight Inscription
- Guild of Merchant Explorers
- Dungeon Page
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — landing on pillars yields statues that grant in-game bonuses and variable end-game scoring, with some bonuses instant and others point-based.
- dice placement — dice results are placed on worker/building tracks and walls to activate buildings, knights, and other effects.
- dice_placement — dice results are placed on worker/building tracks and walls to activate buildings, knights, and other effects.
- monster_defeat_and_scoring — defeating monsters fills layers on a monster track; the first player to fill a layer claims the top value, subsequent players receive lower values.
- progression_tracks — players advance along multiple tracks (buildings, knights, walls, monsters, and citizens) to unlock bonuses and scoring opportunities.
- rolling_right — players roll a set of dice each turn and allocate results to various tracks and actions across their duchy; the active player can influence dice using bonus options.
- shared_resources — Harvest dice are effectively a shared pool that all players interact with on every round.
- statue_based_scoring — landing on pillars yields statues that grant in-game bonuses and variable end-game scoring, with some bonuses instant and others point-based.
- Track advancement — players advance along multiple tracks (buildings, knights, walls, monsters, and citizens) to unlock bonuses and scoring opportunities.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is a rolling right game which is playable with multiple players or you can also play solo
- it's a lighter version of Hadrian's Wall
- this is closer to a filler rolling right rather than an anchor game
- the perpetual motion machine
- this one's staying on my shelf
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