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Jul 21, 2022·Review·20:50·0·Watch on YouTube

Star Realms: Rise of Empire - Kickstarter Critique Review

Bower's Game Corner

Bower's Game Corner

Watch “Star Realms: Rise of Empire - Kickstarter Critique Review,” a board game review for Star Realms: Rise of Empire on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Bower's Game Corner on YouTube:

On todays Kickstarter critique, im hyped to check out the new Star Realms Legacy game, Rise of Empire! Interested in having your next Kickstarter project featured? Check out my Fiverr - https://www.fiverr.com/share/LBGxap Check out the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1172937197/star-realms-rise-of-empire?ref=discovery_category_popular 3 Spectacular Reads For Any Kickstarter Creator: 1- https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/how-to-get-featured-on-kickstarter 2- https://help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005135214-How-does-my-project-become-a-Project-We-Love-or-get-featured-on-the-homepage- 3- https://thegogofactor.com/hacking-the-kickstarter-ranking-algorithm/ Want To Help The Channel Get Better? Consider my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Bowersgamecorner Purchase games on Amazon and support the channel!?: http://amzn.to/2rTdgsf Get a peak behind the scenes and join my Facebook Group!: https://www.facebook.com/BowersGameCorner For more Info: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/360676/star-realms-rise-empire From The Publisher: Star Realms: Rise of Empire is a new standalone pre-quel to the popular Star Realm series game with 141 cards, and a 12-game legacy scenario campaign. Rise of Empire introduces three brand new factions: the Consortium, the Scavengers, and the Kingdom. Rise of Empire will take players on an epic adventure over the course of 12 scenarios where players will permanently alter the market deck cards while tracking their battle wins and losses. Players will compete to achieve various objectives, earning them Campaign Victory Points and unlocking the secrets of the worlds around them. Rise of Empire can be played stand-alone or combined with all previous Star Realms content after you’ve finished the campaign. Features 12 Legacy Scenarios 9 Sticker Sheets Starting decks for 2 players featuring 3 brand new factions 8+ Legacy Component Envelopes Narrative Campaign for 2 players Competitive and Cooperative mode Plays on its own, or combined with any other Star Realms set. An all-new 60-card trade deck featuring new mechanics like "when acquired" abilities! Market/Campaign Board Full-color rulebook • Customize your ship: Your ship is represented by a token on the board. The board starts mostly unexplored and will be revealed as you venture into uncharted waters. You also have a ship board where you load cargo and treasure, and you can customize the guns, speed, or holding space of your ship. • Card-craft your crew: You have a small deck of cards that will drive your actions in the game, with each card representing one of your crew members. This deck functions like one in a deck-building game, but the cards in the deck are sleeved, and rather than add new crew cards to your deck, you improve the skill and abilities of your crew cards by placing transparent "advancement" cards in those sleeves. Aside from the transparent advancements, your crew will also "level up" naturally during the game using a new card-leveling mechanism not seen in other card-crafting games such as Mystic Vale. • Control the region: The region is filled with many deserted islands. These islands are a major source of treasure, and players will battle for control of these islands. • Battle via a dynamic cube-tower: You can battle other players' ships or NPC merchant ships, and these battles are resolved via a new take on what a cube tower can be, with crew cards and ship powers increasing your chances of victory. • Uncover secrets of the sea: Expansions for Dead Reckoning use a "saga" system in which certain content remains hidden and is discovered and added to the game organically only via playing. Rather than add everything at once, you gradually add it by playing and discovering. Depending on luck and player choice, less or more new content may get added each game.

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Star Realms: Rise of Empire

Star Realms: Rise of Empire

2024·Robert Dougherty, Darwin Kastle

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Creators
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Mainly reviews. Star Realms: Rise of Empire is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 15 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 4 unboxings, and 1 other video.

2 players
20 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Star Realms: Rise of Empire, from BoardGameGeek:

Star Realms: Rise of Empire is a new standalone pre-quel to the popular Star Realm series game with 141 cards, and a 12-game legacy scenario campaign. Rise of Empire introduces three brand new factions: the Consortium, the Scavengers, and the Kingdom and takes players on an epic adventure over the course of 12 scenarios where players will permanently alter the market deck cards while tracking their battle wins and losses. Players will compete to achieve various objectives, earning them Campaign Victory Points and unlocking the secrets of the worlds around them. Rise of Empire can be played stand-alone or combined with all previous Star Realms content after you've finished the campaign. -description from the publisher

Designers

Robert Dougherty, Darwin Kastle

Publisher

Wise Wizard Games

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