
2014 · Fantasy
The Lord of the Ice Garden
Players take the roles of Earth scientists who have become godlike after mastering Midgaard’s magic and now vie for control of the Coast of Sails. Each turn players allocate action tokens, place them on a shared action board, and resolve actions to gain resources, move influence and special units, manipulate magical reserves, and activate unit abilities. Conflict occurs over region domination, which grants resources, points, and progress toward unique player victory conditions. A roaming agent hunts the most immoral player each turn, removing units and reducing influence. Excessive use of magic advances a global danger track and lowers reputation, creating alternate endgame conditions.
- Players
- 1–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 90 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 4.1 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Expansions
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Full stats in Ludoya- 33
- Plays logged
- 38
- Players
- 2h 28m
- Average play
- 7
- In collections
- 2
- On wishlists
7.4/10
from 10 Ludoya reviews
Garfield8.0 #46 #minisToPaint Great area control game with different factions. But fight's don't happen often? [c] Theme: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Very little --> Gameplay: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Good amount of choices --> Interaction: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Area control, but not much fights --> Artwork: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Luck: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> Strategy: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Different strategies possible --> Components: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Play duration: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Still ok (45min) --> Rules quality: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Many open questions (15) --> Setup time: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Different factions and strategies --> [/c]
andycted7.5 A good German Dudes on a Map, which melds El Grande with Dominant Species (or Bus) with no randomness at all. AP prone, but very interesting. The asymmetry means you'll have to fight three different victory conditions while running for yours, which makes everything a bit too complicated for me.
halbert825.0 Essen'14 Opinió després de una lectura de regles: té molt bona pinta (estil Caos en el Viejo Mundo però més euro). Té millores d'unitats estil Eclipse i condicions de victoria particulars, a més de una global. Molt interesant, a seguir.
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