2023Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone
- Videos
- 100
- Creators
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Mainly reviews and unboxings
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
Stupor Mundi
2025Nestore Mangone
- Videos
- 23
- Creators
- 22
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Stupor Mundi is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 6 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
1 - 4 players
90 - 150 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany and Italy, was a man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability. His contemporaries called him "stupor mundi" ("the wonder of the world"), and many historians consider him Europe's first modern ruler. The kingdom Frederick established in Sicily and southern Italy ran on an efficient bureaucracy similar to modern, centrally governed kingdoms. As one of Frederick II's vassals in Stupor Mundi, you will summon allies from around the Mediterranean, build structures in your castle, and promote specialists to improve your kingdom. You may improve your chances by upgrading your castles: towers house additional allies, walls store more resources, and keeps aid in managing action cards. Through a clever card-selection mechanism, you will have to choose actions carefully, some of which will trigger edicts that affect Frederick's palace, and determine the rewards players may receive from their allies. Do you stay loyal to the Emperor, or do you support independent allies? Keep a close eye on what your opponents do and form alliances at the right time - or go your own way when things get too heated... -description from the publisher
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Which Stupor Mundi video should I watch?
Stupor Mundi has 23 videos from 22 creators: 8 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 6 playthroughs, 2 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2023 to March 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Stupor Mundi - Learn While Playing" by Getting Games, which runs 1 h 2 min. For a quicker teach, "Ludochrono - Stupor Mundi" by Ludovox runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "We Just Played Stupor Mundi - A Tense Euro for Everyone?" by Man vs Meeple. 8 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Stupor Mundi - Gamefound Playthrough" by Before You Play, one of 6 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Darwin's Journey, Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon, Entropy and Autobahn, also by Nestore Mangone.
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About Stupor Mundi
From BoardGameGeek:
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany and Italy, was a man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability. His contemporaries called him "stupor mundi" ("the wonder of the world"), and many historians consider him Europe's first modern ruler. The kingdom Frederick established in Sicily and southern Italy ran on an efficient bureaucracy similar to modern, centrally governed kingdoms. As one of Frederick II's vassals in Stupor Mundi, you will summon allies from around the Mediterranean, build structures in your castle, and promote specialists to improve your kingdom. You may improve your chances by upgrading your castles: towers house additional allies, walls store more resources, and keeps aid in managing action cards. Through a clever card-selection mechanism, you will have to choose actions carefully, some of which will trigger edicts that affect Frederick's palace, and determine the rewards players may receive from their allies. Do you stay loyal to the Emperor, or do you support independent allies? Keep a close eye on what your opponents do and form alliances at the right time - or go your own way when things get too heated... -description from the publisher
Designer
Nestore Mangone
Artist
Maciej Janik
Publisher
Quined Games
Categories
Medieval
Mechanics