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Jul 29, 2025·Review·23:48·4·Watch on YouTube

Reviews: Pillars of Fate

Board All the Time

Board All the Time

Watch “Reviews: Pillars of Fate,” a board game review for Pillars of Fate from Board All the Time on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Board All the Time on YouTube:

Hey hey BATT Family! Welcome to our series of reviews for the brand new, small box IV Studios games. In this review we'll be taking a look at Pillars of Fate. Pillars of Fate is the new 2 player only game in the Veiled Fate series of games from IV. This game is a lane battler that will have players placing cards within 3 lanes over the course of 3 rounds called ages. This game will be using all of the characters as introducted between Veiled Fate and it's Tribunal expansion and maintain the Scorpion/Feather structure that you may be used to from those games. While you do not have to have played the other two games in the series, having the familiarity of them and how they operate will make onboarding with this game much easier. A game of Pillars of Fate will take you about 30 minutes per session. We were provided this copy by IV and as such this is a sponsored review of the deluxe edition of the game that will be available at Gen Con later this week. --- This episode's segments: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:55 - How the Game Plays 00:08:07 - Learning Curve / Ease of Teach 00:09:35 - Artwork / Components / Iconography 00:12:44 - Solo Mode / Player Count / Replayability 00:14:21 - What's to Like, What's to Dislike 00:18:22 - Recommendations 00:20:31 - Final Thoughts 00:21:57 - Outro --- Notes! 1) Once more, you can find IV Studios at Booth 2239 at Gen Con and the game will be releasing at $30. --- You can email us at boardallthetimegaming@gmail.com. We can be found at www.boardallthetime.com and on Facebook at Board All The Time. We're on BlueSky now and loving it! At this point it really feels like BlueSky is for board gaming, so definitely check us out on there at https://bsky.app/profile/boardallthetime.bsky.social If you would like to check out Mark's Top 100 list, it can be found at: https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/347553/top-100-games-2024-edition If you'd like to help support the show and assist with the hosting costs, you can do so with our Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/boardallthetime Our Discord server, which is still in Beta, can be joined at https://discord.gg/VbRWEpc6 We'd like to thank our sponsors as well: Robin's Nerd Supply: www.robinsnerdsupply.com Eco Owl Press: www.ecoowlpress.com We'd also like to thank SoulProdMusic for the intro/outro music.

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Pillars of Fate

Pillars of Fate

2025·Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, Austin Harrison

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14
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Mostly reviews. Pillars of Fate is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 2 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.

2 players
30 - 45 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Pillars of Fate, from BoardGameGeek:

Pillars of Fate is a 2-player lane battler with a twist of deduction, misdirection, and asymmetric powers, set in the Veiled Fate universe. Send your champions on quests by playing cards in three lanes, until each player has played three cards in each lane. Each quest has two possible outcomes - gaining or losing points - that are determined by the suits of the cards played in that lane. Play your cards wisely to win (or purposely lose) quests. Hide your intentions with one face-down card per lane. Use your divine abilities at the opportune time to gain the upper hand. Only one will emerge victorious at the end of three rounds!

Designers

Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, Austin Harrison

Artist

Harry Conway

Publisher

IV Studio

Categories

Fantasy

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceCombat Resolution
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