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Pandoria

Pandoria

2018·Jeffrey D. Allers, Bernd Eisenstein

Videos
23
Creators
19

Mainly reviews. Pandoria is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 11 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 3 other videos.

2 - 4 players
90 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

For generations, the fertile Hiddenlands were shared by the peoples of the Five Realms. The Elves, Mages, Dwarves, Halflings and Humans lived peacefully with each other, though they increasingly engaged in fierce competition for the prosperity and glory of their respective nations. And so it was that when the divisiveness threatened to break the thousand-year peace, the Goblin Hordes from across the sea unleashed a devastating surprise attack, and the peoples of the Hiddenlands could not unify quickly enough to repel them. Remnants of each of the realms fled by ship, until they at last discovered a new, unoccupied land upon which they could begin building their civilizations anew. The old rivalries would remain, of course, but perhaps this time, their competition with each other would not welcome disaster. It was a time of hope, a time for exploration and construction, and a time of renewed competition in a new world they called Pandoria. In the "gamer's game" 'Pandoria', players discover this new land by placing tiles, and they claim its territory and resources by placing their people. When a type of terrain is completely surrounded by other terrain, every worker on the borders of that terrain gains its resources. Although more than one civilization will usually benefit, each player tries to gain more than the others. Mining gold gives you income to buy cards that have two options: buildings and spells. Acquiring wood allows you to build that side of the card for permanent advantages, while mining crystals gives you the power to use the card for its one-time spell instead. Excess resources can be converted into prestige Points, and some buildings can generate more. When the new land has been fully explored (all tiles have been placed), the player with the most prestige is declared the most powerful nation of Pandoria and wins the game! The game includes a streamlined beginner game, as well as expanded rules for the complete game that includes asymmetrical player powers. The second edition from 2024 has the following changes: - The game board is double-sided - The 5 realms are newly designed - the cover is brighter/friendlier - the cards have a little different size - some realm characteristics are revised - the rule book has 4 pages more - the starting player tile is newly designed Find everything here: https://www.irongames.de/wordpress/index.php/the-games/pandoria-2024-2/ -description from the designer

Pandoria

Watch first

Learn to play

Pandoria Demo19:30

Pandoria Demo

Jeffrey Allers

Jeffrey Allers

Review

Pandoria Review - with Zee Garcia12:50

Pandoria Review - with Zee Garcia

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Watch it played

Pandoria, Playthrough & First Impression (In English, board game, Euro game)42:17

Pandoria, Playthrough & First Impression (In English, board game, Euro game)

Game4LifeBG

Game4LifeBG

Which Pandoria video should I watch?

Pandoria has 23 videos from 19 creators: 11 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 2 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2018 to February 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Pandoria Demo" by Jeffrey Allers, which runs 20 min. For a quicker teach, "Pandoria (Irongames) / Essen 2018 / Herner Spielewahnsinn 2018" by cliquenabend runs 9 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Pandoria Review - with Zee Garcia" by The Dice Tower. 11 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Pandoria, Playthrough & First Impression (In English, board game, Euro game)" by Game4LifeBG, one of 3 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Pioneer Rails and Donut Shop, also by Jeffrey D. Allers, or Papyria and Discordia, also by Bernd Eisenstein. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2018.

All videos

Pandoria - Second Edition - Tutorial, Changes & ReviewReview13:51

Pandoria - Second Edition - Tutorial, Changes & Review

Board Games With B7

Board Games With B7

Brettspiel angekommen - Paket auspacken #unboxing #Brettspiele #boardgamesUnboxing0:51

Brettspiel angekommen - Paket auspacken #unboxing #Brettspiele #boardgames

DieHausis B-Seite - Brettspiele, Unboxing

DieHausis B-Seite - Brettspiele, Unboxing

Pandoria Board Game ReviewReview8:03

Pandoria Board Game Review

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

Pandoria - Brettspiel - ReviewReview26:38

Pandoria - Brettspiel - Review

Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele

Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele

Pandoria Review - with Zee GarciaReview12:50

Pandoria Review - with Zee Garcia

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Pandoria Board Game Video ReviewReview4:43

Pandoria Board Game Video Review

Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews

Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews

【ボードゲーム】30秒レビュー「パンドリア/PANDORIA」Review0:34

【ボードゲーム】30秒レビュー「パンドリア/PANDORIA」

Jin's ボードゲームチャンネル

Jin's ボードゲームチャンネル

Spiel doch mal PANDORIA! (Spiel doch mal...! - Folge 259)Review8:02

Spiel doch mal PANDORIA! (Spiel doch mal...! - Folge 259)

Spiel doch mal! - Brettspiele

Spiel doch mal! - Brettspiele

Semáforo PandoriaReview1:24

Semáforo Pandoria

Spiel Portugal

Spiel Portugal

Pandoria Gameplay RunthroughReview21:14

Pandoria Gameplay Runthrough

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Let's Learn & Play: PandoriaPlaythrough1:54:23

Let's Learn & Play: Pandoria

TheOneTAR

TheOneTAR

Pandoria, Playthrough & First Impression (In English, board game, Euro game)Playthrough42:17

Pandoria, Playthrough & First Impression (In English, board game, Euro game)

Game4LifeBG

Game4LifeBG

Pandoria Demo19:30

Pandoria Demo

Jeffrey Allers

Jeffrey Allers

Pandoria - Boardgame 2018 by Irongames1:50

Pandoria - Boardgame 2018 by Irongames

Irongames

Irongames

Pit Stop: Pandoria4:52

Pit Stop: Pandoria

The Game Pit (The Game Pit)

The Game Pit (The Game Pit)

Pandoria (Irongames) / Essen 2018 / Herner Spielewahnsinn 20188:54

Pandoria (Irongames) / Essen 2018 / Herner Spielewahnsinn 2018

cliquenabend

cliquenabend

Pandoria Review - with Zee Garcia12:50

Pandoria Review - with Zee Garcia

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Pandoria Gameplay Runthrough21:14

Pandoria Gameplay Runthrough

Rahdo Runs Through

Rahdo Runs Through

Come explore Pandoria! — Fun and Board Games with WEM28:44

Come explore Pandoria! — Fun and Board Games with WEM

BoardGameGeek

BoardGameGeek

Pandoria Board Game Video Review4:43

Pandoria Board Game Video Review

Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews

Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews

Pandoria Board Game Review8:03

Pandoria Board Game Review

Tantrum House

Tantrum House

Pandoria - Brettspiel - Review26:38

Pandoria - Brettspiel - Review

Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele

Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele

Pandoria - Second Edition - Tutorial, Changes & Review13:51

Pandoria - Second Edition - Tutorial, Changes & Review

Board Games With B7

Board Games With B7

Spiel doch mal PANDORIA! (Spiel doch mal...! - Folge 259)8:02

Spiel doch mal PANDORIA! (Spiel doch mal...! - Folge 259)

Spiel doch mal! - Brettspiele

Spiel doch mal! - Brettspiele

Pandoria von Irongames - Review / Test - Die Brettspieltester Essenneuheit 201854:19

Pandoria von Irongames - Review / Test - Die Brettspieltester Essenneuheit 2018

Die Brettspieltester

Die Brettspieltester

Semáforo Pandoria1:24

Semáforo Pandoria

Spiel Portugal

Spiel Portugal

【ボードゲーム】30秒レビュー「パンドリア/PANDORIA」0:34

【ボードゲーム】30秒レビュー「パンドリア/PANDORIA」

Jin's ボードゲームチャンネル

Jin's ボードゲームチャンネル

Pandoria, Playthrough & First Impression (In English, board game, Euro game)42:17

Pandoria, Playthrough & First Impression (In English, board game, Euro game)

Game4LifeBG

Game4LifeBG

Let's Learn & Play: Pandoria1:54:23

Let's Learn & Play: Pandoria

TheOneTAR

TheOneTAR

Pandoria, Spilgennemgang & Vurdering (In Danish, brætspil)58:44

Pandoria, Spilgennemgang & Vurdering (In Danish, brætspil)

Game4LifeBG

Game4LifeBG

Pandoria, Unboxing (In English, board game, Euro game, brætspil)6:08

Pandoria, Unboxing (In English, board game, Euro game, brætspil)

Game4LifeBG

Game4LifeBG

Brettspiel angekommen - Paket auspacken #unboxing #Brettspiele #boardgames0:51

Brettspiel angekommen - Paket auspacken #unboxing #Brettspiele #boardgames

DieHausis B-Seite - Brettspiele, Unboxing

DieHausis B-Seite - Brettspiele, Unboxing

Pandoria — game overview at SPIEL '186:36

Pandoria — game overview at SPIEL '18

BoardGameGeek

BoardGameGeek

Pandoria - Brettspiel - Berlin Con 20186:01

Pandoria - Brettspiel - Berlin Con 2018

Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele

Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele

Pandoria Spielvorstellung Iron Games Berlin Con 20185:15

Pandoria Spielvorstellung Iron Games Berlin Con 2018

Victoria Parta Spiele

Victoria Parta Spiele

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Game4LifeBG
Game4LifeBG
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BoardGameGeek
BoardGameGeek
2 videos of this game
Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele
Hunter & Friends - Brettspiele
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Board Games With B7
Board Games With B7
1 video of this game
Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews
Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews
1 video of this game
cliquenabend
cliquenabend
1 video of this game
Die Brettspieltester
Die Brettspieltester
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DieHausis B-Seite - Brettspiele, Unboxing
DieHausis B-Seite - Brettspiele, Unboxing
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About Pandoria

From BoardGameGeek:

For generations, the fertile Hiddenlands were shared by the peoples of the Five Realms. The Elves, Mages, Dwarves, Halflings and Humans lived peacefully with each other, though they increasingly engaged in fierce competition for the prosperity and glory of their respective nations. And so it was that when the divisiveness threatened to break the thousand-year peace, the Goblin Hordes from across the sea unleashed a devastating surprise attack, and the peoples of the Hiddenlands could not unify quickly enough to repel them. Remnants of each of the realms fled by ship, until they at last discovered a new, unoccupied land upon which they could begin building their civilizations anew. The old rivalries would remain, of course, but perhaps this time, their competition with each other would not welcome disaster. It was a time of hope, a time for exploration and construction, and a time of renewed competition in a new world they called Pandoria. In the "gamer's game" 'Pandoria', players discover this new land by placing tiles, and they claim its territory and resources by placing their people. When a type of terrain is completely surrounded by other terrain, every worker on the borders of that terrain gains its resources. Although more than one civilization will usually benefit, each player tries to gain more than the others. Mining gold gives you income to buy cards that have two options: buildings and spells. Acquiring wood allows you to build that side of the card for permanent advantages, while mining crystals gives you the power to use the card for its one-time spell instead. Excess resources can be converted into prestige Points, and some buildings can generate more. When the new land has been fully explored (all tiles have been placed), the player with the most prestige is declared the most powerful nation of Pandoria and wins the game! The game includes a streamlined beginner game, as well as expanded rules for the complete game that includes asymmetrical player powers. The second edition from 2024 has the following changes: - The game board is double-sided - The 5 realms are newly designed - the cover is brighter/friendlier - the cards have a little different size - some realm characteristics are revised - the rule book has 4 pages more - the starting player tile is newly designed Find everything here: https://www.irongames.de/wordpress/index.php/the-games/pandoria-2024-2/ -description from the designer

Designers

Jeffrey D. Allers, Bernd Eisenstein

Artists

Matthias Catrein, Javier González Cava, Christian Opperer, Lukas Siegmon

Publisher

Irongames

Categories

EconomicFantasyTerritory Building

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluencePattern BuildingHand ManagementHex Grid
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