2023Inka Brand, Markus Brand
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Playthroughs
1 - 99 players45 - 800 minLight weight
Village: Big Box
2023Inka Brand, Markus Brand
- Videos
- 20
- Creators
- 19
Mostly reviews. Village: Big Box is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 3 unboxings.
1 - 5 players
90 - 150 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
Life in the village is hard, but life here also allows the inhabitants to grow and prosper as they please. One villager might want to become a friar. Another might feel ambitious and strive for a career in public office. A third one might want to seek their luck in distant lands. In Village, each player takes the reins of a family and attempts to help them find fame and glory in many different ways. There is one thing you must not forget, however: Time will not stop for anyone, and given enough time people will vanish. Those who find themselves immortalized in the village chronicles will bring honor to their family and be one step closer to victory. In more detail, each turn you take a cube from an area on the game board, then take the action of that area. The board has zones with specific attributes, a market, a travel zone, a crafting zone, a church, and a council house, and each zone is seeded with cubes of four colors as well as black cubes that serve as curses. Many of these areas offer multiple actions, so if for example you take a cube from the crafting area, you can get an ox, a horse, a cart, a plow, or a scroll, or you can convert wheat to gold. Some areas offer short-term scoring, others offer long-term scoring, and still others offer only endgame scoring. The round ends when no cubes remain at any location. The game ends when either the village chronicle or the anonymous graveyard is full. Village: Big Box contains the Village base game, the Inn and Port expansions, every promo previously released, and a new "Marriage" expansion, with all of the materials being integrable with one another and with the game now containing a solo mode as well as revised gameplay, dual-layered player boards, and a larger, double-sided main board that eliminates the need for the overlays used in the original expansions.
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Which Village: Big Box video should I watch?
Village: Big Box has 20 videos from 19 creators: 13 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 3 playthroughs and 3 unboxings. They date from 2023 to May 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Village Big Box🏡- How to play board game with all expansions ⛵️💒🏨" by Meeple University, which runs 35 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Village Big Box - Board Game Review" by Board Gaming Ramblings. 13 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Village: Big Box- MvM Live Playthrough" by Man vs Meeple, one of 3 playthroughs.
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About Village: Big Box
From BoardGameGeek:
Life in the village is hard, but life here also allows the inhabitants to grow and prosper as they please. One villager might want to become a friar. Another might feel ambitious and strive for a career in public office. A third one might want to seek their luck in distant lands. In Village, each player takes the reins of a family and attempts to help them find fame and glory in many different ways. There is one thing you must not forget, however: Time will not stop for anyone, and given enough time people will vanish. Those who find themselves immortalized in the village chronicles will bring honor to their family and be one step closer to victory. In more detail, each turn you take a cube from an area on the game board, then take the action of that area. The board has zones with specific attributes, a market, a travel zone, a crafting zone, a church, and a council house, and each zone is seeded with cubes of four colors as well as black cubes that serve as curses. Many of these areas offer multiple actions, so if for example you take a cube from the crafting area, you can get an ox, a horse, a cart, a plow, or a scroll, or you can convert wheat to gold. Some areas offer short-term scoring, others offer long-term scoring, and still others offer only endgame scoring. The round ends when no cubes remain at any location. The game ends when either the village chronicle or the anonymous graveyard is full. Village: Big Box contains the Village base game, the Inn and Port expansions, every promo previously released, and a new "Marriage" expansion, with all of the materials being integrable with one another and with the game now containing a solo mode as well as revised gameplay, dual-layered player boards, and a larger, double-sided main board that eliminates the need for the overlays used in the original expansions.
Designers
Inka Brand, Markus Brand
Artists
Jacqui Davis, Chris Quilliams
Publisher
eggertspiele
Categories
FarmingMedieval
Mechanics