It seems like vikings are slowly becoming the rage. It isn’t quite to the point of zombies, but the lore and history of the vikings are more commonplace in gaming and pop culture. Now Minion Games has launched Saga of the Northmen, a fast-playing area control game on Kickstarter with this theme:
Saga of the Northmen is a lightweight Dark Ages wargame of shifting alliances. Players use influence cards to deploy units to try to achieve hidden goals.
Glory awaits intrepid adventurers of all ages in the Saga of the Northmen, a Dark Ages wargame of shifting alliances and area control. Through deft use of influence cards, you do battle with other chieftains to gain control of the 7 major kingdoms of Europe. Forge alliances and then move your armies and fleets to plunder while completing secret objectives unknown to others. Earn the most points from plunder and completed objectives to be crowned Supreme Chieftain!
I have a hard time believing that Saga of the Northmen can really play in 30-40 minutes, but if it does then I think it will be a great way to get people to play this style of game who are turned off by playing Risk growing up. It seems like a great deal for under $40. You can get more details on the Kickstarter page.
While not working as a Database Administrator, Keith Schleicher has been associated with Gaming Trend since 2003. While his love of video games started with the Telestar Alpha (a pong console with four different games), he trule started playing video games when he received the ill-fated TI-99/4A. While the Speech Synthesizer seemed to be the height of gaming, eventually a 286 AT computer running at 8/12 Hz and a CGA monitor would be his outlet for a while. Eventually he’d graduate to 386, 486, Pentium, and Athlon systems, building some of those systems while doing some hardware reviews and attending Comdex. With the release of the Dreamcast that started his conversion to the console world. Since then he has acquired an NES, SNES, PS2, PS3, PSP, GBA-SP, DS, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One S, Gamecube, Wii, Switch, and Oculus Quest 2. While not playing video games he enjoys bowling, reading, playing board games, listening to music, and watching movies and TV. He originally hails from Wisconsin but is now living in Michigan with his wife and sons.
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