2014 · Fantasy
Kingsport Festival
Players take the role of rival cult leaders vying to dominate a New England coastal town by invoking eldritch beings and spreading their influence. Over a fixed number of rounds, players roll dice to call forth Elder Gods, spend those dice to gain powerful but sanity‑costing rewards, and deploy followers to claim connected locations across the city. Periodic raids by investigators and event cards force confrontations in which cult strength is compared to investigator strength, producing gains or penalties. The game resolves after the final round or a scenario‑specific festival, and the cult with the most cult points wins.
- Players
- 3–5 best 4
- Playing time
- 90 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 2.6 / 5
On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 27
- Plays logged
- 38
- Players
- 1h 30m
- Average play
- 31
- In collections
6.4/10
from 18 Ludoya reviews
Mestremuten5.0 Rating: 2/5 Production value: 3/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
First impressions · 1 play
Cthulhu Theme Dice Placement board game. Awesome combination. I really enjoy the theme, the mechanic and the replayibility.
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Evan4.6 This is a much better version of Kingsburg. The game works pretty much the same way, where you roll dice and then assign the dice to action spots that generate you resources. Then you spend the resources to unlock new abilities. In this game, rather than have a personal tech tree, there is a central board where you both get abilities and points. The dice luck is mitigated by the decks of cards you can draw from to get special one time use powers. The graphic design on this game is a bit rough, but otherwise it's thoroughly enjoyable. ☆ Art, Iconography and components functional ★ Clever or interesting mechanisms ★ Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players ★ Multiple plays stay interesting ★ Low or mitigatable luck elements ★★☆☆☆ Raw enjoyment
First impressions · 1 play
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