Worldspanner Factions: How It's Played

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Жыл бұрын

A quick speedrun to show you how Worldspanner Factions plays. Watch for full playthroughs and detailed how-tos coming soon!
Factions and its predecessor Duel of Ages have won 29 board game accolades including #1 Game of All Time for 5 years running by Tom Vasel, #1 Game of All Time Juegos De Mesa, #1 Game of All Time twice by Melody Vasel, three Game of the Year awards, and National Games Weekly Top 100.
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@EricLebigot 8 ай бұрын

Giving the motivation behind each move is very useful: this makes viewers see how the game feels like to play (otherwise the gameplay looks mechanical and way less interesting). Thanks!

@FMD-FullMetalDragon Жыл бұрын

I have everything for DoA2. Ready, locked and loaded for the 3rd Worldspanner game.

@KzintiCV Жыл бұрын

Ah, it really strikes me as DOA but with a much smaller board, which seems to work really well.

@petermillen6924 Жыл бұрын

My credit card is loaded and ready… Much of this was reassuringly familiar to players of earlier Worldspanner games, so I don’t think it will be too hard to grasp Factions. The components are good especially the new platters. Thank you.

@worldspanner6072 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's very much Duel of Ages II, except not, as follows: It's has tighter and faster play, there's much more interaction between heroes in a smaller space, the one-hero-per-space really pumped up the tactical decision-making, and all the fiddly rules have been systematically murdered.

@CarbonBallas 9 ай бұрын

Buying!

@trashmyego 9 ай бұрын

I hope the graphic design, especially on the item cards, can get a major overhaul before going to print!

@davidstahlerjr.7450 Жыл бұрын

Very fun to watch. I've actually always loved playing DOA2 on a smaller board with fewer platters, so this captures that vibe. More compressed play makes for more dynamic games in some ways, but the platters still feel expansive due to the art. Overall, love the new look of the game in terms of the board, characters cards, and character stands (yay!)--a big upgrade aesthetically. More streamlined, but I didn't feel like anything was really missing from the core experience. Looking forward to seeing how the market system works--didn't see that in play. Is the challenge deck in its final design?

@worldspanner6072 Жыл бұрын

Yes, challenge deck is the final design. That deck must be clean and very easily read from across the table. Mark Simonitch gave us the seal of approval on its layout, so we went with it.

@worldspanner6072 Жыл бұрын

The great part about gold and markets is they're entirely intuitive. Players just get it. The rules for both are tiny.

@skeletonfish110 10 ай бұрын

Can we still be a Pile of Weewaks, riding a horse throwing Lwave Grenades? If so take my money now.

@worldspanner6072 10 ай бұрын

Only if you are short enough, if so, yes.

@wackysplash Жыл бұрын

What is release timeline looking like for this? Looks great!

@worldspanner6072 Жыл бұрын

The Kickstarter should be in the early Fall, and the game is essentially done, art and all, so it's a safe Kickstarter. That means hopefully a delivery end of year or very early next year.

8 ай бұрын

I don't know what it would had cost with the minis included but I kinda wonder / think if / that would had been worth it. Also bought Duel of Ages II master set and only found out about this by looking for the 360 in case something had come out of that but this KS kinda make that a not happening thing which is kinda sad and somewhat annoying. This mean buying it again and yet without miniatures which who knows ... Maybe it doesn't pull the volumes of purchases to make it worth-while to make plastic miniatures, but if it made any sense then making it in bulk from the start seem like the most cost effective way. I don't know what 3D printed miniatures cost and what quality they achieve.

@worldspanner6072 8 ай бұрын

Hello Johan yes cost would have been over $500 and shipping costs triple. Standees have all the advantages there.

8 ай бұрын

@@worldspanner6072 Is it worth backing from Sweden vs retail?

@worldspanner6072 8 ай бұрын

That is a good question. The benefit of backing the Kickstarter is the exclusive hero and treasure card packs. As for cost, I don't know if you would be able to find it cheaper that way. That will depend on whether a store carries it there and what they decide to discount.

@tailstalker Жыл бұрын

I haven't watched all the way through, yet, but I am curious - have you removed Op-Fire? It was one of the most fiddly and out-dated mechanics bred from much, much older games and it probably needed a trim.

@worldspanner6072 Жыл бұрын

The mechanics of shooting have been greatly trimmed down. The concept of shooting defensively remains, which is critical to teaching tactics. But where DoA Ii needed 2.5 pages of rules for shooting, Factions does it in less than 1 page.

@worldspanner6072 Жыл бұрын

So, for example, there is no longer any OpFire stat on a weapon, no single or area types, no friendly fire, and no figuring out if an enemy stops a shot. All that is gone.