Scythe – Stonemaier Games

Scythe is not a brand new game, just in case some of you were thinking ‘hang on a mo…’. This is a reprint of a quite popular and different kind of board game from Stonemaier. I don’t have enough space to do this behemoth justice but I’ll try to do my best to summarise!

The setting is an alternative 1920’s Europe and you and your opponents are trying to become the wealthiest or most popular faction there is in the farming world amongst a backdrop of war, innovation and mechs. There are various ways of doing this with many a micro-management feature allowing you to make every single game session different, no matter which faction you choose to represent. It pretty much means that no 2 games are ever the same which is what I consider to be a good sign in board gaming! The other plus is that there is no form of knocking a player out of the game, everyone is involved until a winner is determined so nobody ends up sat there, bored and missing out.

The game itself looks gorgeous with a fantastic map and a mixture of plastic and wooden pieces with over 160 cards and twice that amount of tokens. The different materials used for the pieces are actually relevant to different game mechanics and really help to provide a visual aid when playing that can help make it a little more intuitive.

It will take some getting used to and if considering this to buy, I would heartily recommend playing with fellow novices when you first get it and learn the game together. It has so much depth to it that even when you’re used to it, you’ll still find something new to keep you entertained. There’s a reason it’s being re-printed! RRP £78.99

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