Watch “Played - Pilgrim (+Mancala!),” a gameplay video for Pilgrim from Ready Steady Play on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Ready Steady Play on YouTube:
We're going on a journey back in time to discover what ascendancy within the church has to do with the ancient game of Mancala.
00:00 - Intro
08:16 - Mancala Section
18:45 - Pilgrim Rules Overview
45:41 - Pilgrim Review
Played on the Mycroft Game Topper: https://www.gametoppersllc.com/mycroft-game-topper.html
Pilgrim on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318388/pilgrim
Featuring Photography by Doctor Meeple: https://flic.kr/p/2ib5PNU
RSP on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ReadySteadyPlay
Players:
Michael Dennis
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Pilgrim is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
1 - 4 players
60 - 150 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Pilgrim, from BoardGameGeek:
In Pilgrim, players are abbots and abbesses of their own provincial 14th century abbey, each seeking to:
Build the best pilgrim routes to distant sites via strategic shrines
Ordain serfs to become acolytes
Give alms to the poor
Build essential annexes
Be the most devout and pious
A unique twist on a mancala-movement mechanism distributes a player's acolytes across eight duties and the capital city to determine each turn's action. 18xx-style tile development on the map board builds trade routes for revenue and pilgrim trails for endgame points. Common serfs need to be ordained to ensure that the abbey is adequately serviced and your acolyte numbers will need to be carefully balanced across ever changing duties and vocational tasks.
Pilgrim is a game played over 26 rounds with perfect information, zero randomness (once the game starts), and one hundred and sixty sextillion possible starting set-ups. Player interaction is intense and constant. The meek might inherit the earth, but you will need to be made of stronger stuff to become the next cardinal and win the game.
-description from the designer