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Jan 22, 2025·How to play·05:24·12·Watch on YouTube

Small Fjords | How to Play | Learn to Play in 5 Minutes! | Solo Mode Included

kovray

kovray

Watch “Small Fjords | How to Play | Learn to Play in 5 Minutes! | Solo Mode Included,” a how-to-play guide for Fjords from kovray on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by kovray on YouTube:

Let's create some Fjords. Learn how to play Small Fjords in just 5 minutes! Small Fjords is designed by Franz-Benno Delonge, illustrated by Beth Sobel, and published by Grail Games, who helped sponsor this video. Learn More: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grailgames/grail-games-2025-pocket-game-collection In Small Fjords, you'll aim to score the most points by strategically placing tiles and then vikings. Each game is played in two phases, Exploration and Settlement. In the Exploration Phase, you'll take turns placing tiles making sure you adhere to the tile placement rules as well as optionally placing longhouses, once all the tiles from the draw stack have been drawn, you'll move to the Settlement Phase. In the Settlement Phase you'll take turns placing Vikings adjacent to other Longhouses or Vikings of your colour until both of you cannot place any more. Once this happens the player with the most vikings placed wins! Will your vikings be more present than your opponents? 🥰 Enjoyed our content and want to support our work? Please consider checking out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kovray Thanks for watching our How to Play video of Small Fjords! Have questions? Please ask us in the comments as we're happy to chat about this game with you! Question of the day: What would you call your island, if you formed one from scratch? We appreciate you taking the time to watch our videos. Let's build an island together. Follow along our social media to join in on our adventures! 📘Facebook - @Kovray https://www.facebook.com/kovray 📸Instagram - @kovraystudios https://www.instagram.com/kovraystudios 🐥Twitter - @kovraystudios https://twitter.com/kovraystudios​​​​ 🕰️Tiktok - @kovraystudios 0:00 Small Fjords 0:17 Set Up 0:40 Overview 0:52 Exploration Phase 2:13 Settlement Phase 2:56 Final Scoring 3:09 Solo Mode 4:32 Any Questions? 4:43 Question of the Day Join our Discord Channel! https://discord.gg/mqwR9PPpdr BGG Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15511/fjords #boardgames #smallfjords #howtoplay

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Fjords

Fjords

2005·Franz-Benno Delonge

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5
Creators
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Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Fjords is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 recorded sessions.

1 - 2 players
30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Fjords, from BoardGameGeek:

Between the 8th and 11th centuries, the Vikings had the world holding their breath. Always on the lookout for new land, they aren't above fighting their own countrymen. In this game, two clan leaders fight each other, using the right tactics, for a fruitful plot of land along Norway's coast. They quickly build up villages at strategic locations and fight with anything they can to ensure the larger portion of the region for their clan. Fjords: the tactical battle for the best land! The above is the description of the game from Hans im Glück. The game is played in two phases: the first phase, placing tiles and farms, mixes luck and skill; the second phase, claiming fields, has a Go-like enclosure dynamic that is all skill.

Designer

Franz-Benno Delonge

Artists

Jörg Asselborn, Beth Sobel, Christof Tisch

Publisher

Grail Games

Categories

Abstract StrategyMedieval

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceHex Grid
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