Review: Yggdrasil
Posted by James (admin) on 13th April 2011
Yggdrasil is a co-operative game where the players are Norse gods trying to stop the evil ones causing the end of the world. The first thing that strikes you is the artwork which is colour-rich, polished and seems almost backlit – which will be familiar to you if you’ve played or seen Ghost Stories as it’s by the same artist. The board shows the great cosmic tree that supports the nine worlds.
THE GAME
During the game, the 6 evil ones advance across the 8 spaces towards Asgard. Each turn, the current player draws an evil one card and then takes 3 actions. Each evil one card shows which evil one advances 1 space towards Asgard and each evil one has a power too which get stronger as they advance. The players lose if 5 evil ones go past the 3rd space, 3 evil ones go past the 5th space, or 1 evil one reaches the final 8th space (Asgard). The players win if they can exhaust the evil one deck without losing, so they need to force the evil ones back and this is done through combat and the Norse gods will need the support of Viking spirits to stand a chance of beating them. Read the rest of this entry »
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