Watch “Casual Friday Double Feature - Skytear & Gates of Delirium Reviews,” a board game review for Skytear from The Cardboard Herald on BoardGameVideo.
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John comes back and this time we talk through two games we've recently played together, Skytear & Gates of delirium. But more than that, we talk about the nature of games as hobbies, adapting video game genres, integration of theme, and occult angles.
SKYTEAR
00:00 - What is a MOBA?
02:39 - The ambitions of Skytear
06:13 - Gameplay
09:23 - Highlights & Impressions
17:37 - Final thoughts
GATES OF DELIRIUM
23:58 - Overview (The scope of evil)
28:38 - Highlights & Impressions
34:19 - Final thoughts
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Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Skytear is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 17 reviews, 12 how-to-play guides, 12 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
2 - 4 players
45 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Skytear, from BoardGameGeek:
Skytear is a competitive card-driven miniatures game inspired by MOBA video games (like League of Legends) featuring 32 heroes from an original fantasy universe.
Using a draft system that supplements regular deckbuilding, players pick heroes from four factions in order to flexibly respond to their opponent's selections. Then, using these heroes, players compete to take control of the lanes and lead the minions there to assault the enemies' towers, or enter the dome to take control of the outsider there. In doing so, they will win one of the three victory conditions selected at the start of the game, allowing for potential bluffing or feints by switching objective.
Skytear is diceless, instead revolving around modifiers printed on each power card. This duality of effect means deckbuilding is a nuanced issue: cards that are most beneficial when played (and likely will) come with a negative modifier, reducing the effectiveness of most attacks. At the same time, drafting a particular hero provides you with their associated cards, meaning flexibility can be integrated into your hero selections.
With two maps, 32 heroes, and over 65 power cards at launch, Skytear is an extremely replayable tactical experience.
Designers
Riccardo Neri, Giacomo Neri, Riccardo Parmeggiani
Artists
Anca Albu, Bogdan Antoci, Rafael Dioli, Marko Fiedler, Jack Kaiser, Francesco Orrù, Alba Palacio, Kim Van Deun