Watch “Primal: The Awakening - The Review!,” a board game review for Primal: The Awakening from The King of Average on BoardGameVideo.
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At long last I have the opportunity to tell you what I liked and didn't like about Primal: The Awakening. From swinging gigantic blades to pummeling with a huge hammer the weapons and monsters in Primal are massive.
Is the gameplay equally as massive? I'll be sure to let you know!
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Intro 0:00
Game overview 1:27
Style is just plain cool 4:46
Quick setup, even for non combat phase 6:11
Scales really well 7:55
Can get a bit long at 4 players 9:57
Monsters are really varied is style visually & mechanically 12:01
Game "events" are cool mid battle 13:39
INTOTHEAM 16:42
Map changes are hyper meaningful 19:03
Terrain features are awesome 22:36
Struggle management is a nice non-violent idea 25:48
Card variety is huge 29:45
Card upgrades are epic 34:19
Characters play differently, but just barely 36:36
Gear customization is fantastic 39:56
Story is "just enough" 42:03
Upkeep can be a bit long 43:47
Complex, great for power gamers 48:19
Easily soloable (2 character minimum) 52:05
Summary 53:25
Pros & Cons 56:15
Mostly playthroughs and reviews. Primal: The Awakening is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 39 reviews, 13 how-to-play guides, 54 recorded sessions, 20 unboxings, and 8 other videos.
1 - 4 players
60 - 90 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Primal: The Awakening, from BoardGameGeek:
Primal: the Awakening is a fully cooperative monster hunting miniature boardgame for 1-4 players set in a fantasy world where humans struggle to survive an untamed wilderness. The game is played in a series of multiple sessions throughout an epic campaign where you will take the role of hunters fighting monstrous creatures and unveiling mysteries about their origins.
In Campaign mode, players will choose their path through the story by completing quests and unlocking special rewards and achievements. Each mission you choose will lead to different developments of the story and to plenty of unique opportunities like crafting options, unique items and rare hunts to be played. The consequences of your actions will impact the story as the campaign progresses towards the epic finale. Players can also play one-shot encounters in the Hunt mode. Specific setup and rules are provided for single combat scenarios at different levels of gear and difficulty. The Hunt mode also offers the opportunity to play special end-game quests using your campaign characters.
The gameplay is centred on an intense and challenging boss-fight system that combines tactical positioning on the board, hand management and cooperative play. The combat is designed to be fast paced while focusing on card combos and player interaction. Each monster is a unique challenge that hunters will have to face as a group, completing specific objectives and adopting different strategies. Monsters have their own specific deck of cards which represents their specific combat behaviour including attacks targeting specific areas on the board, special abilities, but also weaknesses and vulnerabilities that hunters can take advantage of during combat.
The game also focuses on a deep character customization. As the campaign progresses, players will unlock a large variety of crafting options as they upgrade and expand the Forge depending on the specific monsters they slay.
As the hunters level up from session to session, players will also have multiple choices to customize their deck of ability cards in order to build better synergies, card combos and group strategies.
-description from the publisher
