Mark G brought along this game and was keen to play it with there being only four of us. The game looks really nice and, as none of us had tried it before, we were happy to give it a try. Unfortunately, the game took a lot longer than we had anticipated so we brought it to a close after only a few rounds as we knew we wouldn't finish. It is very Risk-like with the addition of a questing element, whereby you can go off in search of treasures/discoveries that help your armies later in the game. Despite this, the main aim of the game is to attack the opposing armies and kill off their respective kings, at which point they are eliminated. Last one standing is the winner. Each player plays one of Barbarians, Elves, Dwarves or Orcs, who all have differing special abilities in battles / expansion. We all felt that some of the abilities were unbalanced with the elves having the biggest advantage while the dwarves and barbarians seem a bit weak. Still it was quite good fun and there were certainly many differing ways to try and advance.
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