2015 · Fantasy
Coven
As the solstice approaches, five Witches perform incantations and seek the favor of five mysterious Goddesses. Each Witch and Goddess secretly follows either the Light or the Dark, leaving players to gather information, form alliances, and cast hexes while determining who shares their alignment. Players move around a circular board and choose from five actions as a rotating pentagram changes the available tactics. The Light and Dark sides compete to gain the most Balance, while victory goes to the Witch with the most Power on the winning side. Players use magic crystals, artifacts, Balance cards, and hidden alignments to pursue both goals, with the option to reverse their allegiance during play.
- Players
- 3–5 best 4
- Playing time
- 60–90 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 3.3 / 5
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- Plays logged
- 2
- Players
- 1
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0.9/10
from 1 Ludoya review
Evan0.9 This game didn't work for us at all. Your choices on any given turn were very limited and many times you don't have an opportunity to advance any of your goals, because of resource limitations, other players standing in your way, or the rotations of the center of the board. The general goal is to increase the value of the deities who share your alignment, and then have the most points with those deities. A major frustrating element is that you have to invest time and effort into getting points with the deities before you are allowed to look at their alignment in the first place and see if you wasted your time. The timing of when the center area rotates is also very frustrating as often times I would try to get points with a particular deity, and then have the central area change on me before i can resolve my move, causing me to no longer be in that deity's area. Big disappointment here. :nostar: Art, Iconography and components functional :nostar: Clever or interesting mechanisms :star: Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players :star: Multiple plays stay interesting :nostar: Low or mitigatable luck elements :nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: Raw enjoyment
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