Pyramid Review
Kingsburg
Published by Edge Entertainment and Fantasy Flight Games
Full-color boxed set with map board, five province boards, five sets of ownership counters (17 in each of five colors), 15 player tokens in five colors, 20 +2 tokens, king's envoy pawn, year marker, season marker, 21 dice in six colors, 60 wooden resource cubes, 25 enemy cards, & rulebook; $59.95
The court oracle has seen the future for the kingdom, and the call goes out across the land: "We're fixing to get waxed." Kingsburg is under attack by hungry foes who will descend upon the country year by year unless the outlying provinces are fortified to withstand the assault.
The object of the game is to have the highest score at the end of the fifth year.
Two to five players play feudal lords building up their border towns to protect the homeland. Hordes of evil sweep across the land in waves, and each player must gather resources, build structures, muster armies, and divine intelligence about the oncoming battles to be ready.
Each player rolls three standard six-sided dice in his color; occasionally players are awarded additional white dice. The lowest total goes first, followed by everyone else in ascending order. Dice are placed on the board, which is dominated by a large portrait gallery of all the notable people in the hierarchy. The king and queen sit at the top in the 17 and 18 spaces, with various builders, assassins, barkeeps, and soldiers on spaces 1 through 16.
All offer a boon to whoever places a . . .
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Article publication date: June 27, 2008
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