Watch “Overly Critical Gamers - Sylvion - Instructional/Review,” a board game review for Sylvion from Overly Critical Gamers on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Overly Critical Gamers on YouTube:
The Ravage has come to burn down the forest and it's your job to fight off the flames with the help of your nature brethren. KingRob talks about it.
Intro: start to 0:39
Rules Explanation: 0:39 to 43:53
Review: 43:54 to end
Note - there's no gameplay footage on this one because the explanation essentially covers what the game looks like during play. We also didn't really talk about the rules for drafting because, as stated in the review, we're not convinced the game really benefits from the time and effort that goes into the draft process.
We are:
KingRob - Rob Moore
MasterCactaur - Sean Moore
Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Sylvion is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 16 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 14 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
1 - 2 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Sylvion, from BoardGameGeek:
The mad Fire Elemental lord is out to burn down the dream forest. Attacking in waves using Fire Elementals, your only defense are trees and fountains and those animals brave enough to offer aid before scurrying away to safety. Using a unique drafting system and combining it with a tower defense game, will you be able to keep your forest green?
Sylvion is a tower-defense type game in which attacks come down four rows and in waves. You build a deck using a unique drafting process and play cards from your hand by paying with other cards in your hand. You can play cards to the rows like fountains and trees or play animals for instant effects or to manipulate the enemy decks of cards. When all the waves have finished, you must have kept the heart of the Sylvion verdant, or else the whole forest of the Oniverse will be destroyed.
This game can be played in an introductory style, advanced mode, and includes two expansions and an appendix for further challenges and complexity.