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Althing

The Vikings's king is dying without leaving a successor. Helped by a clan of Trolls, speed up the other players in this race for the throne. At every step, strengthen your team by recruiting the right Vikings at the right time. Reach the Althing first to be crowned. On your turn,...

Players

1-3

Time

15-30

Age

10+

Weight

2.5

Rating

7.04

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Althing has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's actions. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Althing has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's actions. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

Althing has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value. The easiness to learn score is moderate, but the overall replayability score is still strong.

Luck profile

Althing has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

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The Vikings's king is dying without leaving a successor. Helped by a clan of Trolls, speed up the other players in this race for the throne. At every step, strengthen your team by recruiting the right Vikings at the right time. Reach the Althing first to be crowned. On your turn, complete the step, or recruit new Vikings to your assembly. Unless you want to trick your opponent or all at once. Althing is an epic race with deckbuilding an rolling hand, for 2 or 3 players, with a great replayability. Althing can also be played in single player mode against a fictional player. —description from the publisher

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Designers

1
Flavien Champenois

Artists

1
Patrick Fontaine

Publishers

1
Studio Twin Games

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