How many players can play Leviathans?

Leviathans supports 2 to 8 players.

How long does a game of Leviathans take?

A typical game of Leviathans takes approximately 90 minutes.

What are the best video reviews of Leviathans?

MindForge has curated 6 video reviews of Leviathans from top board game content creators.

Leviathans - Board Game

Video qffMt1LXss4 Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews Analysis at 1:20

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Pros

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Thematic elements

Naval warfare in the sky
Alternate history where turn of the century warships can levitate or fly

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Miniatures combat — hybrid miniatures game, board game

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Quotes (from this video)

Hi, I'm Jason Hardy. I'm the Shadow Run line developer with Catalyst Game Labs.
We have this set up like a nightclub in the Shadow Run world, and people get to go in, have their adventure, and try to survive a hit squad that's about to come in and make life difficult for them.
It's a cooperative deck building game where you take the role of a different Shadowrunner.
your character will get stronger as you go along. You'll be able to add stickers that give different abilities to your character to be able to face more difficult challenges as you keep playing the game.
This game is set in an alternate history setting where the big warships of the turn of the century have been given the ability to levitate or fly.
This is in some ways a chesslike game in that it's a two-player game and you have pieces that are moving around a grid, but where chess is a very strategic game, this is a little more tactical.
Each side of the piece has a move diagram telling you what that piece can do when it's flipped up that way.
the way we refer to it sometimes is risk without the luck.
So your job is to maneuver the pieces in the right way that you're able to take over when you can and you're not losing things to your opponents.
it's very strategic and a lot of it is how you build up the alliances around the table.
We're very excited about the products.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Fantastic game
Cool steampunk naval battles
Interesting combat ideas

Cons

Wished there was more of it
Development didn't continue as expected

Thematic elements

Naval combat with steampunk battleships
Alternate history universe with steampunk science

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Rolling — You're rolling different dice for the different guns you're firing.
Dry Erase Board Tracking — And you got a dry erase board to keep track of of of damage, whatnot.
Torpedoes — You can fire torpedoes.
Wargame — Leviathans is this war game.

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All right, ladies and gentlemen, going ahead to look at my numbers 90 through 81. Again, my top 100 games of all time.
So, a lot of new games here and some older games that uh
Really a lot of fun. So I really like Coober Libre.
frankly is just a hoot. It is a lot of fun.
But you cannot talk. You can't talk to each other. And so it's crazy trying to communicate just by placing these dice and hoping that the other guy understands what's going on.
It is fantastic.
This may be one of my absolute favorite Hex Encounter World War II games of all time.
But this is the Barracks Emperors from GMT Games.
Really fun cooperative game with that pandemic feel. One of the better of the pandemic games in my opinion.
I really enjoy uh, Heat Pedal the Metal. fun racing game, fun system, very intense.
Mystery of the Abbey is such a fun game.
It is a very fun game. It's full of surprises and ups and downs, and you're trying to learn as much as you can without giving too much away yourself.
Great deduction game.
This is a game I really liked and wanted to see take off, but I just I never got never really saw too much happen.
an absolutely fantastic game that really needs more love.
It's just great fun and it's very inventive the way they're using the cards here.
I really quite enjoyed it.
I I I think Expeditions to me is just a much more fun game.
I love the world building here and the artwork here, the components. They did a great job.
really, really fun game.
Do you like these games? Do you not like these games? Would you put them higher? Would you put them lower? not here at all. Let me know what you think.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Excited

Pros

Innovative combat system
Reminiscent of Star Blazers
Unique theme and technology

Cons

Manufacturing and political issues impacted release

Thematic elements

Airships
Air/Naval combat

Comparison games

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Damage Impact — Taking damage affects the effectiveness of guns and changes the dice rolled.
Dice combat — Combat is resolved using dice, with different guns having different die rolls based on various factors.
hex grid — The game is played on a large hex board, suggesting area movement and positioning.

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Quotes (from this video)

This is gonna be one of my games of 2019
The resources expire over time so the body parts go bad they decay
China refused to release this because they said Taiwan's never been a free country we've owned this country and they said it's just fiction it's not real it's not historical
If you like Twilight Struggle this has that feel in less than an hour
I don't consider just flipping pages in a rule book I expect them to be there
Leviathans is a game that they originally came out with...
The mechanics of the combat and everything was one of the best things I've ever seen done with like a 12-sided die.
This is a war war two themed game where one person places Germans one person places Americans and you have a scenario book that each game is gonna be based on one of the scenarios with the netbook that scenario book contains a map that shows how to lay out the tiles that are included in the game that ladies are basically terrain each of you are gonna put tokens on the board as described by the scenario and that's the units that you use during the game this is basically a deck builder which Tony and I really like as the scenario at the beginning of game says you're going to build your deck by putting in two scouts or maybe two riflemen or maybe two machine gunners and the squad leader stuff you build your deck like that and then all those guys are available in supply at that point each of you draw four cards each card has an initiative number on the top you're gonna bid to see who gets to go first guess what the best card has the highest number but once you bid on that using that card you can't use it for the rest of the term at that point you're gonna play all three cars like a regular deck builder in each of the cards have multiple functions like there's the Scout card which allows you to move into an area and Scout to an area that you haven't been before but when you do you have to take fog of war which is a card that clogs up your hand or you can have the rifleman who's maybe good at attacking or maybe taking over control points which is the ultimate goal each side has a certain number of control points that you're trying to take over when you do combat you roll dice and you resolve based on the dice roll and if you can exceed their armor and the distance they are from you you take damage and this is one of the really cool parts when you take damage the token doesn't come off the board first what you do is you go through your hand or your discard pile of your deck trying to find a copy of that card and it comes out of the game if your deck contains nothing of that card then that chip comes off the board and the only way to get it back is by using a bolster action which you actually also use to add cards to your deck so you're building the deck over time you're playing a regular deck builder head-to-head matchup World War two theme loved it and I would re-emphasize that love it part that's right in my wheelhouse on theme I love the world war two I enjoyed the aspect of a deck builder I enjoy the strategy of it positioning of it various tiles provided various defense is very important for you to keep them play as you're building this game out and trying to achieve your ultimate objective based on the scenario the fog of war adding the crud to your hand and how you have to get rid of that all that's an important aspect it's got that deck builder mentality for me Marty the initiative was a huge Pro I like that part of any of those types of games of use it's been in other games I've played where the better cards have the higher number so you really need to know do I want to get rid of that hey wait I'm not going to do anything with this guy yeah I can do it initiative was a key Proform and so what's really cool is each of the cards have like I said different units have different actions they can do so when you play a card you got to decide which one of the actions you want to do and then there's two different squads which is cool - it's for like say for example there's a scout and there's a a squad and a B Squad there's a squad leader for each one of those so when you play a squad leader like a and he does a bolster he can only add the a type cards to your deck the squad leader B can only add B type cards to your deck but there's a token for each on the board it is very tactical I think Tony way more tactical than war chest is because you have you these different scenarios that you're trying to achieve the terrain matters like you said some of them have heals if you can get positioned on a hill where you're firing down on somebody you actually have an advantage and every scenario is different and based on actual historical things that happen because come to find out David Thompson's grandfather was in Normandy and he actually has a card of his grandfather in this deck he's one of the platoon sergeants oh very interesting now one thing I'm going to say about the negative of the dice some people say I don't want to roll the dice get over it did you know that that bullet may get struck or lodged in the gun or get deflected you don't know quite that with just normal you know just firing a gun you weren't that gray it was the war it was the rush the adrenaline for me this is gonna be one of my games of 2019 we loved war chest and I didn't think I can find thing else like it debated cuz I love the tokens and everything but man this this actually might be it because the theme is is so on point of what it's trying to do and yeah some people may not like the dice combat you're you're right but see here's the thing there are some units that are better at shooting than others there are some that you can roll multiple dice the scouts you canola or one died positioning matters the closer you can get the better chance you have to hit a hit someone and here's the thing Tony David said hey if this system takes off we have plans for other maybe the Eastern Front who knows maybe bringing in other items and units and machinery the system itself is solid it could be expanded to a lot of different things Tony could they actually win another squirrely for a two-player game of the year I don't know you have to let me play it some more
This is gonna be one of my games of 2019.
If you liked war chest you owe it to yourself to check this out
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I am excited to be a special guest at one of the best name gaming conventions in the United States the southern-fried Gaming Expo

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Overall sentiment (raw)

neutral

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Multiverse this was a very popular Booth I would have liked to have gotten a demo in but man they were busy all the time
Superheroes and cards and it's a Well reviewed game so I'm glad to see them having a lot of success there.
had a chance to learn flasho Fire Rescue from David one of our viewers and his friend those two guys were so much fun to play with we were the loudest ones in the library we just barely eak out a win
I wanted to pick up my own copy of flasho fire rescue had the designer sign it and it's certainly a game I would consider featuring on our Channel
I also want to give a real shout out to the other board game media creators that I had a chance to meet I really respect and admire your work Larry and Tim Lance Joel Cody and John Ryan metler tox the D6 generation and the Big Daddy himself Tom vassel
if you get a chance to come out to Gen Con I would highly recommend it it truly is the best four days in gaming

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positive

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please explain painting Optical camouflage on spaceships I know rule of cool I don't know it just looked neat I guess that's the same thing
all the stls that you buy or whether you buy the stuff through uh only games like if you get them printed like if you don't have a printer yourself they can do print on demand as well with those with those same six figures basically it's a 50/50 split
it's literally you take off the little silicone kind of cover that goes over the whole nozzle thing so you don't burn yourself on it I guess you take that off you pop off the plastic thing there's a little clip little metal clip you uncp it and then you pull the nozzle out and the nozzle is magnetized so it doesn't like fall out as soon as you uncp it
I saw a thing on Facebook about a machine that you just dump all your old pla into and it'll melt it all down and then create a new pla spool which I'm like well that sounds like an awesome idea
I think they're that scared of 3D printing I think they don't want to do it
I don't think that's really that's not the point is to to beat Games Workshop
you create a game like Vince and I do or like fat dragon games does or like lots of different companies you create a game because you want to do it you're not out there to be like the best you're out there to put out a game that you enjoy and then hopefully people will pick up and enjoy as well

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Interesting nautical/whale-themed duel
Strong thematic art direction

Cons

Rules teach and play could be dense due to hidden information

Thematic elements

Ahab vs. Moby Dick with whaling crew
Nautical warfare against Moby Dick mythos
asymmetric hidden movement confrontation

Comparison games

Zomboy Plus
Yean

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

asymmetric roles — Different victory conditions for each side
Asymmetric Teams — Different victory conditions for each side
Hidden Movement — One side moves unseen while the other pursues with whaling crew

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Quotes (from this video)

I'm extremely excited to try this one out.
This is Screen Park from DBC Games and again huge shout out to DBC Games for just being in general super awesome.
I am extremely excited about everything that I'm seeing here.
The inside of the box uses helpful tips for teaching and referencing a lot easier than having to flip through the rule book.
The Sparrow's Knot is a gentle solitaire game where you're drawing and arranging cards to make winning combinations.

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