Table feel
Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.
Rich game profile
At The Helm
The sea is a dangerous place. Whether it’s storms or sea serpents, you’re putting your life on the line each time you set sail. Boldly face the challenges of the open ocean as you steer your ship into uncharted waters. At the Helm is a heavy nautical theme game inspired by the ol...
Players
1-2
Time
?-?
Age
12+
Weight
1.71
Rating
7.29
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Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.8
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.1
Scales well
Strategy
4.7
Deep strategy
Control
3.0
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
At the Helm offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, providing new content and gameplay elements. The game also offers deep strategic possibilities, allowing players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is moderate, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the game offers a good balance between easiness and depth. Overall, At the Helm has a strong replayability score of 7.8 out of 10.
Luck profile
The final luck score for At the Helm is 6, indicating a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and 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 sea is a dangerous place. Whether it’s storms or sea serpents, you’re putting your life on the line each time you set sail. Boldly face the challenges of the open ocean as you steer your ship into uncharted waters. At the Helm is a heavy nautical theme game inspired by the old captain's ship logs. Often in these ship logs you'd see drawings and we used that as inspiration. It's solo and it's a deckbuilder. Over a series of turns, build a deck and use it to complete the three selected challenges before you run out of time or health. Turns proceed as follows: 1. Choose 1 or 2 cards from your hand. For each chosen card, either resolve its ability and place it in the discard pile, or discard it (ignoring its ability). 2. Resolve the effects of incomplete challenges. 3. Draw cards form the deck until you have 3 cards in hand. Take 1 damage for each broken heart. If the market and deck both run out of cards and you need to draw a card, or your health reaches the skull and bones, you lose the game. Otherwise, when you complete the win conditions of the selected challenges, you win the game! —description from the publisher A 15 minute game in which you captain your sailboat through various challenges of the open ocean. —description from the designer
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Designers
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Ted Heidersdorf
Artists
2
Marty Cobb
Kelelowor
Publishers
1
Button Shy
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