A Feast for Odin
奥丁的盛宴
Hunt, whale, trade, raid and sail. Then fit the goods you earn onto your home board like a puzzle.
- 1–4 players
- about 120 min
- Proper brain work
- Strategy
- History
The goal
Have the most points at the end. Uncovered negative spaces on your home board cost you, so cover them with goods tiles.
How it plays
- 1The game lasts 7 rounds (6 in the short game). Each round you gain a Viking, then players take turns placing Vikings on the action board.
- 2The board has four columns, and an action in a column takes that many Vikings at once: the more it costs, the stronger it is. A space can be used by only one player a round.
- 3There are many kinds of action: hunting, snaring and whaling (with a die roll); crafting and upgrading goods; trading; raiding and pillaging (also with dice); building ships; sailing to explore new islands; emigrating; building houses; and breeding sheep and cattle.
- 4Goods come in four colours: orange and red are food, green and blue are valuables. Only green and blue may be placed on your home board, and green tiles may not touch each other edge to edge.
- 5After the actions, take income equal to the number showing on your home board, then hold the feast: cover the banquet table with food tiles or be penalised.
How you win
After the final round, score ships, emigrations, explored islands, houses, livestock, occupation cards and silver, then subtract every uncovered negative space on your home board, islands and houses. The highest score wins.
First time?
- In a first game don't try everything; pick one or two paths, such as whaling and trading, and follow them.
- Uncover the income spaces on your home board early and every later round pays more.
- The Norwegians expansion is on the shelf too, for when you know the game.