A Wayfarer's Tale: The Journey Begins
2025James Emmerson
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 8
Mostly reviews. A Wayfarer's Tale: The Journey Begins is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.
1 - 4 players
45 - 60 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
A Wayfarer's Tale is a game of journey and discovery. Players share dice rolls, but navigate their own individual maps, collecting treasure and avoiding monsters as they explore new locations. Turns are taken simultaneously as players chart their own course racing to discover new worlds. Player share a pool of dice to enlist a companion with variable powers to help them. When a player visits the last town on their board, the game ends immediately. The goal is visit all the cities on your map and fill up as many spaces on your board to score the most points. Total points are based on the number of towns you visit, the treasure you discover, and the number of monsters you encounter. -description from the publisher
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A Wayfarer's Tale: The Journey Begins has 9 videos from 8 creators: 6 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 1 unboxing. They date from 2024 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "A Simplified Guide For A Wayfarer's Tale: The Journey Begins" by The Board Game Garden, which runs 26 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "A Wayfarer's Tale Review: Roll For The Write To Explore" by The Dice Tower. 6 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "A Wayfarer's Tale: The Lonely Isle Playthrough | Optimal Play" by Optimal Play.
If you like it, try Tranquility, A Wayfarer's Tale, Tranquility: The Ascent and Tranquility: The Descent, also by James Emmerson.
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About A Wayfarer's Tale: The Journey Begins
From BoardGameGeek:
A Wayfarer's Tale is a game of journey and discovery. Players share dice rolls, but navigate their own individual maps, collecting treasure and avoiding monsters as they explore new locations. Turns are taken simultaneously as players chart their own course racing to discover new worlds. Player share a pool of dice to enlist a companion with variable powers to help them. When a player visits the last town on their board, the game ends immediately. The goal is visit all the cities on your map and fill up as many spaces on your board to score the most points. Total points are based on the number of towns you visit, the treasure you discover, and the number of monsters you encounter. -description from the publisher
Designer
James Emmerson
Artist
Tristam Rossin
Publisher
Wayfarer Games
Categories
Mechanics
Network and Route BuildingDice RollingHex GridRoll & Write / Paper-and-Pencil