Watch “ALTERA Deep Dive: Why This Dice System is Different,” a how-to-play guide for Altera from GAMINGTREND Tabletop on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by GAMINGTREND Tabletop on YouTube:
The core of IV Studios' new game is dice- specically, it's a dice builder game, where you use dice to do various actions, add more dice to your bag, upgrade dice to be better, and even remove dice entirely to thin and optimize your bag. This video goes over just the dice and how you use them in ALTERA, we hope you like this deep dive into the core mechanics.
00:00 - How Do Dice Work in ALTERA?
01:05 - What Is a Dice Builder?
02:36 - The Three Die Identifiers: Face, Color & Tier
02:58 - Emissary Deployment (Worker Placement)
03:49 - The Reveal Phase & Resource Collection
04:17 - Every Symbol Explained (Coin → Wild)
05:19 - Recruitment Phase: Buying, Upgrading & Trashing Dice
06:23 - Upgrade Paths, Tier Limits & Bag Rules
06:57 - Final Thoughts & Where to Back ALTERA
Gamefound: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/iv-studio/altera?ref=homepage-featured-all_5
BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/469367/altera
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Mainly reviews. Altera is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
2 - 6 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Altera, from BoardGameGeek:
In the mountain city of Altera, the world's conflicts are no longer settled on the battlefield, but at the Ascension Festival. Each year, the great factions gather in a shared belief: that ambition, ingenuity, and unity can shape a better future than war ever could.
Altera is a simultaneous-play, bag-building worker placement dice game. Each round, players draw and roll their dice, then strategically deploy Emissaries to shape their path to victory.
Where you send your Emissaries determines which of the three Guilds you gain Reputation with. At the end of each round, the player with the most Reputation in a Guild earns Prestige-then returns to the bottom of that Guild's track, opening the door for others to rise.
Over seven rounds, you'll build your engine, outmaneuver rivals, and earn enough Prestige to win and ascend to the High Council.
-description from designer
Designers
Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, Austin Harrison, Toby Sarnelle