
2024Henry Audubon, T.L. Simons
Mainly reviews. Defenders of the Wild is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 23 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Defenders of the Wild, players are organizers of the animal resistance, fighting to liberate an important region of the Commonwood conquered by the machine occupation. Construction has begun on a new machine core and sprawling factory complex where an animal village once stood. Engines build walls that enclose habitat after habitat while mechs guard expanding factories and toxic pollution spreads. Organizers must cooperate with each other despite longstanding factional disagreements and help their network of fellow Defenders take actions in the right locations and at the right times in order to win this crucial battle. Fight mechs, clear pollution, breach walls, build camps, and rewild factories before the machines complete construction of the core. Can the Defenders work together to defeat the machine invasion? Or will the Commonwood succumb to a devastating industrial winter? It's up to you and your comrades to decide. Winning the Game: Defenders of the Wild is a fully cooperative game. All players win or lose together. To destroy the machine core and win the game, each player must build all of their camps and then infiltrate the machine core. Losing the Game: If the supply of machine components is not sufficient to fully resolve a drawn machine or factory card, the game ends and all players lose if 2 defenders from the same habitat are killed, the game ends and all players lose. -description from the designer
Defenders of the Wild has 40 videos from 23 creators: 23 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 6 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2023 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Defenders of the Wild | Sponsored Board Game Tutorial | Final Rules and Components!", which runs 42 min. For a quicker teach, "Defenders of the Wild | Protect the forest and fend off the robot army! #boardgames #曠野護林團" by 給肥龍一盒桌遊 runs 14 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Defenders of the Wild Review - 2023's Secret Best New Cooperative Game??" by Liege of Games. 15 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Defenders of the Wild - Teach & Playthrough" by Before You Play, one of 6 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Parks, Cosmoctopus, Trails and FLOE, also by Henry Audubon.
8 of 23
2021Henry Audubon
2 - 4 players20 - 40 minLight weight
2026Henry Audubon, Jonny Pac, Yoma
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Defenders of the Wild, players are organizers of the animal resistance, fighting to liberate an important region of the Commonwood conquered by the machine occupation. Construction has begun on a new machine core and sprawling factory complex where an animal village once stood. Engines build walls that enclose habitat after habitat while mechs guard expanding factories and toxic pollution spreads. Organizers must cooperate with each other despite longstanding factional disagreements and help their network of fellow Defenders take actions in the right locations and at the right times in order to win this crucial battle. Fight mechs, clear pollution, breach walls, build camps, and rewild factories before the machines complete construction of the core. Can the Defenders work together to defeat the machine invasion? Or will the Commonwood succumb to a devastating industrial winter? It's up to you and your comrades to decide. Winning the Game: Defenders of the Wild is a fully cooperative game. All players win or lose together. To destroy the machine core and win the game, each player must build all of their camps and then infiltrate the machine core. Losing the Game: If the supply of machine components is not sufficient to fully resolve a drawn machine or factory card, the game ends and all players lose if 2 defenders from the same habitat are killed, the game ends and all players lose. -description from the designer
Designers
Henry Audubon, T.L. Simons
Artists
Meg Lemieur, T.L. Simons
Publisher
Outlandish Games
Mechanics