Heroes of Land, Air & Sea

I think that this is an hidden treasure. A lot of different races, games are always different, everyone can win. You have to understand how to develop at the early stages, what to do in the mid game, looking at your opponents and build a countermeasure. You can't win every fight, you must lose something, to make your opponent spend important resources and be able to counter and win the important fights.

We had a great family time with this one. Nice evolution of the gameplay, the first part being a engine builder with resource scavenging and leveling, the second a surprisingly rich area control and skirmich tactics battling. The spells, tactic cards and faction specific skills create a perfect milieu for epic encounters, surprising and exciting strategies. My 10 yo son destroyed my well defended capital, by casting a werewolf-like spell on his strongest unit, making him a one man army freak, followed by a synchronized regular attack with his dragon, devastating fireball spell and perfectly, strategically chosen tactic card... wow.

Ein Spiel, welches sehr hohen Wiederspielwert besitzt. Es besticht durch seine glücksunabhängigen Kämpfe und seine hohe Variabilität durch verschiedene Völker und Erkundungsplättchen. Bis zum Ende ist nicht klar wer das Rennen macht. Des Weiteren gefällt es durch ein scheinbar gutes Balancing, da die Endeertingen dicht beieinander geclustert liegen.

Outstanding game, a masterpiece. No other 4x on a board ever felt that great before. Deep, elegant mechanisms, fluid game, fun, I can't find enough superlatives to describe my love for this game. Think Heroes of the Might & Magic on a boardgame, explore, collect resources, build buildings/vessels and recruit your army... Highly thematic game with great gameplay and tactical combat/area control.

So played this game and love it if can find the groups, I back the latest kick starter to make it my own with all the expansion and other fun stuff can't wait till it comes in. Also note their customer service is by far the best. My box of Pestilence came in with a busted corner as in the whole thing was split open, and they are replacing it no hassle, also I sorta mess up my flying continent tile (didn't realize the stands had caps on the end for the points) and they replaced it for me.