2023Gaëtan Beaujannot, Olivier Cipière, Geonil
- Videos
- 34
- Creators
- 32
2 players20 minMedium weight

2022Olivier Cipière
Mainly reviews. Vaalbara is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, and 4 unboxings.
From BoardGameGeek
Each player plays as a clan leader and has to secretly and wisely play a card from their hand, representing a member of their tribe, to try to take over some territories. Strategy and timing will be crucial for scoring! The player that scores the most points after 9 rounds wins the game. Subcontinent of Vaalbara, Neolithic era. Your tribe sets out to explore uncharted lands in order to establish sedentary villages. Use the various talents of your tribe to optimize your development, expand your territory and enforce your hegemony! All players have the same deck of 12 cards representing the members of their tribe. Each turn, players choose secretly one card. In the order of initiative of the revealed Characters, players will be able to activate their powers and take over one of the available Territories. Each type of Territory has its own way of scoring points (collection, pair, diversity, risk…). Deciding between playing the best powers and high initiatives at the most opportune moment will be difficult. After 9 rounds, the player with the most points wins the game and unites the tribes of the continent under their banner! -description from the publisher
Vaalbara has 29 videos from 26 creators: 14 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 6 playthroughs and 4 unboxings. They date from 2022 to April 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Vaalbara: how to play the game" by Jay Shipinski, which runs 2 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Vaalbara Review: My Little Libertalia" by The Dice Tower. 13 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Live Play of Vaalbara with Sam, Jessie, and Misty" by FOBG: Flipside of Board Games, one of 6 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard and The Happiest Cat in the World, also by Olivier Cipière, or Trekking Through History and 7 Wonders (Second Edition), which share several of its mechanics.
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From BoardGameGeek:
Each player plays as a clan leader and has to secretly and wisely play a card from their hand, representing a member of their tribe, to try to take over some territories. Strategy and timing will be crucial for scoring! The player that scores the most points after 9 rounds wins the game. Subcontinent of Vaalbara, Neolithic era. Your tribe sets out to explore uncharted lands in order to establish sedentary villages. Use the various talents of your tribe to optimize your development, expand your territory and enforce your hegemony! All players have the same deck of 12 cards representing the members of their tribe. Each turn, players choose secretly one card. In the order of initiative of the revealed Characters, players will be able to activate their powers and take over one of the available Territories. Each type of Territory has its own way of scoring points (collection, pair, diversity, risk…). Deciding between playing the best powers and high initiatives at the most opportune moment will be difficult. After 9 rounds, the player with the most points wins the game and unites the tribes of the continent under their banner! -description from the publisher
Designer
Olivier Cipière
Artists
Félix Donadio, Alexandre Reynaud
Publisher
Studio H
Categories
Mechanics