Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
120 min
Complexity
2.5/5
Collection
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Description
A modular expansion for Inferno adding plague mechanics and the Merchants of Ravenna module to medieval Florence gameplay
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Bower's Game Corner Analysis at 0:15 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Deluxe components and presentation are visually impressive and premium
- Expansions add meaningful new mechanisms (edicts, alliances, guardians) and more depth
- Strong community engagement signals (backer updates, polls, and transparent FAQs) and responsive support
Cons
- High price point for expansion and deluxe bundles
- Main promotional imagery criticized for not clearly communicating what is being offered
- Confusing pledge levels and exclusivity issues (exclusives vs. retail, and FAQ versus page statements)
- Shipping costs are high, contributing to a less attractive total package
Thematic elements
- pestilence, corruption, alliances, and infernal influences shaping a city under siege
- A900s Florence-esque setting where pestilence, political maneuvering, and hellish forces intersect in a crisis-ridden city
- mythic, epic, with Dantean and Virgilian framing
Comparison games
- Castles of Burgundy
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- area/relationship management via alliances — Players recruit alliances and navigate political leverage to gain different forms of power.
- Card-driven action selection — Players choose actions from a set of cards to influence city events, pestilence progression, and expansion of power.
- modular and deluxe components — Double-layer boards, walls, 3D components, and a rich component set that enhances tactile gameplay.
- Modular Board — Double-layer boards, walls, 3D components, and a rich component set that enhances tactile gameplay.
- Unique Player Powers — Guardians and other special roles grant unique abilities that shape strategy and timing.
- Variable player powers — Guardians and other special roles grant unique abilities that shape strategy and timing.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The meat in the middle, very, very good.
- The main image is weak. Don't like the description. don't like anything, but I'm still excited to check out how they got 456,000 bucks.
- Shipping to US ... doesn't feel great.
- Inferno is a breath of fresh air in the otherwise dull Euro game space.
- Final grade's solid. B+.
- This is how you spotlight stretch goals here. This is beautiful.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 7:04 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- thematic cohesion and Halloween-esque vibe
- modular expansion approach can add replayability
Cons
- page clarity issues noted on the page (expansion vs standalone phrasing)
Thematic elements
- dark, historical fantasy with modular expansion components
- Inferno-themed expansion to a prior title, with a Halloween-like/occult flavor
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Modular Board — blocks/boards/components that can be added in modular fashion to customize play
- Modular expansion — blocks/boards/components that can be added in modular fashion to customize play
- reprint / deluxe rework implications — deluxe reprint attempting to modernize or repackage the base game
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a deck building game and all the different decks are asymmetrical.
- you’re buying cards and putting them in your deck, just like you would do normally
- it’s kind of a mix between a deck building game and a tactical war game
- Extraction is a top shelf cooperative board game
- This is Labyrinth Chronicles from Awaken Realms. This is a funky one from them.
- Cyberpunk Streets of Rome. I think that this wins the theme of the week.
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