Review
Era of Tribes
Era of Tribes is a dense semi-civ game that is not bad, but demands to be approached on its own terms. Miss the intended line, and its awkward systems leave you in the dark.
- Published
- 2019
- Designer
- Arne Lorenz
- Publisher
- Black Beacon Games
- Players
- 1–4
- Playing time
- 180 min
Era of Tribes left me conflicted. It has the ambition and feel of a semi-civ game, but it does not take you by the hand. Some of its systems are awkward, and they need to be understood correctly from the start.
If you do not play in a fairly specific way, the game does not merely correct you. It swallows you. Then comes the darkness: the moment you realise you have not only lost ground, but also lost access to what you were meant to be doing.
If you do not play in a fairly specific way, the game does not merely correct you. It swallows you.
TheCuttlefish
I do not think it is a bad game. It is simply a demanding semi-civ that rewards the right approach and punishes anyone who has not found it.
It is simply a demanding semi-civ that rewards the right approach and punishes anyone who has not found it.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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