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2025 Ranked #1,539

Recall

Civilization remembers in fragments. Recover the right keycards, unite two ancient tribes, and turn a scattered past into the foundation of the world that comes next.

Strategy Games Civilization Action Retrieval Map Addition Modular Board

Players

1-4

Play time

90 min

Age

14+

Complexity

3.61/5

Rating

8.07

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.7/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.3/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.3/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 18 min
Teach time About 30 min
Table footprint Very Large
Recommended edition Recall – Alion English edition (2025)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Combine two asymmetric tribes, reclaim a modular world, and turn remembered keycards, gadgets, followers, and ancient structures into a new civilization.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Recall is a one-to-four-player strategy game set generations after the world of Revive. Each player combines two of fourteen tribes, creating a highly asymmetric faction with a distinct board, abilities, and path to efficiency. A turn begins by using a keycard in an action slot. Cards recruit followers, move across the modular map, reveal new tiles, build structures, develop the faction board, open ancient crates, and advance knowledge tracks. Used cards move through a personal recall cycle, so powerful actions cannot simply be repeated without planning how and when they will return. Gadgets and development tiles create permanent improvements; crystalline resources and follower placement connect the private engine to competition on the shared world. Players establish routes, reach valuable locations, construct monuments, and pursue scoring opportunities exposed during exploration. The combination of paired tribes, variable map, ancient loot, and development choices makes every faction grow differently even when opponents pursue similar goals. The game lasts a fixed number of rounds and ends with points from the board, tribe objectives, knowledge, structures, collected advances, and other developed systems. A dedicated solo mode preserves the same central action-retrieval puzzle for one player.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Recall – Alion English edition (2025) 2025 English Alion – by Dr Ø / EU

Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
90 min
Age
14+
Complexity
3.6/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 18 min Source
Teach time
About 30 min Source
Teardown time
About 15 min Source
Table footprint
Very Large Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No formal save system; photograph the modular world, player boards, keycards, development tiles, and round track if play must pause. Source
Consumable components
The score pad is consumable; ordinary paper can replace it. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Fourteen asymmetric tribes combine in pairs, creating ninety-one possible factions before map, gadget, and development variability are considered. Includes a solo mode. Source
Recommended edition
Recall – Alion English edition (2025) Source
Language
English
Region
EU
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
2800 g Source
Box dimensions
29.5 × 29.5 × 7.5 cm Source
Consumable components
Score Pad. Source
Compatibility
Alion – By Dr Ø English Edition, Product Code 1005.1; Standalone Spiritual Successor To Revive. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

4
Helge Meissner Kristian Amundsen Østby Kjetil Svendsen Anna Wermlund

Artists

2
Gjermund Bohne Reese Keefe

Publishers

1
Alion – by Dr Ø

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