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Designer | Luke Crane |
Players | 2 |
Playtime | 15-30 mins |
Suggested Age | 13 and up |
Additional Info |
162315/mouse-guard-swords-strongholds
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162315/mouse-guard-swords-strongholds/forums/63
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A light strategy game for two players, from the setting of the Mouse Guard comics and roleplaying game.
Each player control four mouse pawns on a gridded board. Play involves a deck containing three types of cards: Swords, Strongholds, and Diplomacy.
Each turn one mouse moves along a grid in one of the four cardinal directions and then may immediately use one of the cards in their 3 card hand.
Sword: Move in an L shape, pushing mice you encounter aside. Mice knocked off the board this way are captured and removed from play. You may not capture your own mice.
Stronghold: Leap off the grid onto an adjacent square. Mice may not enter grid corners touching your square. Mice currently in such a grid corner are pushed on space, and mice pushed into a stronghold are captured. This is called "building a stronghold"
Diplomacy: Choose the nearest enemy mouse:
•if they are in a stronghold, force them out of one and into an adjacent grid corner of your choice.
•if not, switch places with that mouse
Immediately after resolving a turn, draw cards if you are below the hand size of 3.
WIN: build a stronghold in one of the enemy corners (or, presumably, capture all enemy mice)
...in my opinion, anyway. I really like that there is some closed information in this game, as you always have a hand of 3 cards, so you don't know what your opponent is planning and you can't think TOO far ahead. It's a good mix of tactics and strategy. And though the art in the game is sparse, it comes from a comic series, and I ended up buying one of the books to read as a result of buying this game. Good stuff! I would choose it over Chess 9 times out of 10.
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Perfect - Exactly what I was looking for.
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