In this game, you will raid and explore new territories. You will also experience their day-to-day activities: collecting goods to achieve a financially secure position in society. In the end, the player whose possessions bear the greatest value will be declared the winner.

A Feast for Odin is a points-driven game, with plethora of pathways to victory, with a range of risk balanced against reward. A significant portion of this is your central hall, which has a whopping -86 points of squares and a major part of your game is attempting to cover these up with various tiles. Likewise, long halls and island colonies can also offer large rewards, but they will have penalties of their own.

Each year follows a familiar pattern of preparation, worker placement, and then meeting the requirements of your feast. The main phase of each year is a worker placement affair. You start with a selection of Vikings, and a large action board with a whopping 61 different options to choose from. Each of these will be arranged from left to right in one of four columns. Each column requires an additional Viking to activate, but they are proportionally more powerful.

At the end of each round, you will need to fill a feast table with food, alternating between plants and vegetable matter. You will also have a chance to lay the valuable green and blue tiles into your main hall. The configuration of these tiles must follow certain requirements, but your main goal is to both cover up a line of coin icons to increase your income, while otherwise encircling certain printed icons to generate those.

You will build your engine over time, following an alternating pattern of outward expansion and hunting against development and cultivation. It all comes down to how much you’re willing to take on at any one time, and what risks you’re willing to set yourself up with for their rewards.

SLEEVING:

237 cards size 45x68mm (mini euro)

CONTENT:

2 Goods Boxes

1 Orange Eight-Sided Die

1 Blue Twelve-Sided Die

1 Large Action Board

4 Home Boards

1 Supply Board

4 Two-Sided Exploration Boards

1 Special Tile Board

15 Special Tiles

2 Extension Tiles (for the action board)

1 Round Overview Tile

3 'Shed' Building Tiles

3 'Stone House' Building Tiles

5 'Long House' Building Tiles

8 Mountain Strips

32 Ship Tiles

125 Silver Coins

32 Wood Tokens

24 Stone Tokens

40 Ore Tokens

48 Vikings (12 for each player)

1 Brown Start Player Moose

1 White Round Tracking Cube

45 Starting Occupation Cards (Light Brown)

145 Occupation Cards (Dark Brown)

47 Red Weapon Cards

7 'Thing Penalty' Tiles

117 Food Tiles

196 Equipment Tiles

33 Animal Tiles

12 Plastic Bags

1 Appendix

1 Almanac

1 Rulebook

AWARDS & HONORS:

2018 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee

2017 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee

2016 Meeples' Choice Nominee

2016 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Finalist

2016 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee

2016 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee

2016 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee

2016 Cardboard Republic Daredevil Laurel Winner

2016 Cardboard Republic Daredevil Laurel Nominee

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