1872: The Lost Crows

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of player interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but there is limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

The game 1872: the lost crows has a high replayability score, indicating a high degree of variability, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The presence of expansions and moderate ease of learning also contribute to its replay value.

Luck profile

The final luck score for 1872: the lost crows is 7, indicating a game with a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

1872: The Lost Crows is a solitaire, map-making, Roll-and-write survival game focused on a realistic immersion into a narrative of the Frontier West from a (Michener-esque) Native point-of-view. It's the 4th in my xx72 line of 1-page micro games. This game differs from its predecessors by increasing theme and putting much more emphasis in journaling and storytelling. Similar to a legacy or campaign game but in a more sandbox feel, and with multiple storylines and endings to maintain high replay value. The game PDF consists of 1 (consumable) Player Sheet and 7 pages of rules and storyline, all in a black and white low ink format. It takes less than a minute to set up a game. You are a small tribe of Montanan Crow that are trying to make your way to Canada to avoid the upcoming conflict between the United States and the loose alliance of Native tribes. As per the setting in the game: The Tribes have met and decided on war. You refuse to subject your Crow people to such a lost cause. A vision warned you that the Americans spill blood of many tribes on this frontier. It’s now a race across the Montana frontier to Canada before the U.S. Cavalry can catch you. 1872 won 3rd place in the Most Thematic category on the 1st Roll & Write BGG Contest. —description from the designer

Mechanism

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Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Paper-and-Pencil Solo / Solitaire Game Storytelling Worker Placement with Dice Workers

Family

3

Players: Solitaire Only Games Series: XX72 Solitaire Games (Mike Heim) Theme: Native Americans / First Peoples

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Credits

Designers

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Mike Heiman

Artists

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