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Worldspanner Factions, Set 1: Heroes (2024)

Players
2–8
Best: 1, 2, 4
Playing time
150–240 min
Age
14+
8.64
Average rating
233
Ratings
3.13/5
Weight
#6078
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Brett G. Murrell
Artist:Kurt Miller, Mario Wibisono, Ondřej Hrdina, István Strabán, Chris Collingwood, Anna Lakisova, Daniel Rubio
Publisher:Worldspanner
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 6.3, Theme 8
Strategy7.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity6.3
Theme8.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Worldspanner Factions is the grand successor to the Duel of Ages series of games. A combination of tactical RPG and adventure, Factions carries on the tradition of intensity and uniqueness. Two decades have proven that you've never played a game like this.

Two teams of heroes from past, present, and future descend into the Worldspanner Arena and compete to earn the most glory by acts of renown--and by facing down the enemy. Earn the alliance of one of the six factions, or the queen mother of the Games. For 2-8 players who divide into two teams. In effect, a co-op game with excellent opponent AI (unless your friends dump-statted INT).

The teams take turns, conducting an action with each hero--move, attack, unleash a minion. This is followed by reactions from the opposing team, after which the current team conducts adventures. Play continues for 9 or 12 turns, after which objective points are tallied. Most objective points are earned from non-combat activities such as alliances with the different factions.

Contains 49 heroes, 90 treasures and a selection of map pieces, making each play different--new teams gathering new treasure on a completely new map. Expansions bring both the treasure count and the hero count up to 360--The Full Degree.

With a ruleset significantly streamlined from Duel of Ages, Factions has half the rules word count of Duel of Ages I and over a third less than DoA II. Factions is now a game system capable of pulling in a universe of heroes (and their miniatures).

Expansions

Worldspanner Factions, Set 2: Expanses
Worldspanner Factions, Set 3: Foes
Worldspanner Factions: Promo Pack A Treasures!
Worldspanner Factions: Promo Pack B Heroes!
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