Warbonds: Battle for Vitoria (Master Set) Review — The Nerdiest Game Ever?
Warbonds is one of the biggest, nuanced no-randomness board games we’ve tried! It has some chess movement, trading card game elements from tabletop games like Magic the Gathering, terrain elements from Tactical RPGs, and a progression system similar to Sid Meier’s Civilization. Also called Warbonds: Battle for Vitoria, Master Set, this board game has players picking Warlords in a fantasy land, trying to defeat their opponents’ war camps while being the last player standing; or they can protect neutral Settlements and have those hit level 6 to win. Warlords will deploy squad or elite units to help them by paying gold, then army management through initiative mechanics for each round. Units will trigger abilities to assist each other, damage enemies, upgrade through loyalty, and perform busted combos. There is even multiplayer interactions with area of effect abilities, surprising us here at Shelfside! But do all these conflict heavy rules make for a good tabletop game? Perhaps the use of chits, cards, and 63 units is too much in this box, cause there's straight up dnd alignments like chaotic, lawful, good, evil, neutral, etc for EVERY unit!
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Table of Contents:
Intro & Overview- (0:00)
How to Play - (1:46)
Pros - (5:27)
Cons - (16:18)
Tentative Score - (30:02)
Ashton's Personal Score - (36:37)
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