
2019Afong Lee, Jesse Li
From BoardGameGeek
In Heiki Strike Alternative (兵姫ストライク オルタナティブ), the two players each build their own deck from the cards in the box, then deploy their princesses and anthropomorphized weapons to sea and air spaces in a fight to occupy the battlefields. To do this, a player must meet the "occupation conditions" for a battlefield, after which they take the battlefield card. Whoever claims three battlefield cards first wins. Players will grow stronger over the course of the game through the playing of cards. If a player empties their deck, they shuffle the discarded cards in their reserve to create a new deck, rebuild their base, and now get more resources each turn - but if they run through their deck a third time, they lose.
Heiki Strike Alternative has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from October 2021.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Heiki Strike Alternative - Board Game Preview" by Good Owl Games. To see it played, watch "Heiki Strike Alternative Gamefound Preview and Gameplay | Japanime Games" by Gettin' Jiggly Board Games.
If you like it, try Ponzi Scheme and Guns & Steel: Renaissance, also by Jesse Li, or Yucatan and Fall of the Mountain King, which share several of its mechanics.
2016Jesse Li
2 - 4 players40 - 70 minMedium weight
2023Guillaume Montiage
2 - 4 players90 minHeavy weight
2022Adam E. Daulton
1 - 5 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Heiki Strike Alternative (兵姫ストライク オルタナティブ), the two players each build their own deck from the cards in the box, then deploy their princesses and anthropomorphized weapons to sea and air spaces in a fight to occupy the battlefields. To do this, a player must meet the "occupation conditions" for a battlefield, after which they take the battlefield card. Whoever claims three battlefield cards first wins. Players will grow stronger over the course of the game through the playing of cards. If a player empties their deck, they shuffle the discarded cards in their reserve to create a new deck, rebuild their base, and now get more resources each turn - but if they run through their deck a third time, they lose.