Hi, I’m Russell Johnson, designer of the fantasy,
Wild West board game, Brigands of Grandscar. It supports 2 to 5 players in a 2 to 3 hour playtime.
Act as the representative of a dwarven clan trying to earn the most victory points
by settling an uncharted region in the wake of an industrial revolution.
Recruit crew members to perform actions across the map in a hybrid action
point and worker placement system. On your turn, use command tokens to select
actions on your player board, then spen
d vitality on your 8-sided die worker to perform
the action in that worker's location on the map. There are monsters to hunt, bounties to duel
and bring to justice, inventions to improve your available actions and a theory track
to focus and excel at your strategy. Unique doctrine cards you get at the start of the game
grant you a special ability when you activate them by advancing their prerequisite theories.
Buildings can provide better recovery for your crew member’s vitality points, a s
teady supply
of resources, special labor actions to earn gold, or commerce actions to gain weapons, inventions
or theories. Other players can always use your buildings for the cost that you set, so strategize
if you want to chase a monopoly or undercut your opponents. Make sure to send a crew member
to collect the revenue as it piles up before someone else thinks the risks of being a wanted
criminal are worth it to steal. If they get away with your profit you can always get revenge
with a
quickdraw rock-paper-scissors style duel. Brigands of Grandscar offers many paths
to victory with robust engine building and high degrees of both cooperative
and confrontational player interaction.
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