Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Prolog: Welcome to the battle, stranger! You landed in a country with a dark past.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deck / Bag Building
Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
King of the Hill
Hold or contest a key position to gain points or maintain control.
Player Elimination
Players can be removed from contention before the game ends.
Read the full game description
Prolog: Welcome to the battle, stranger! You landed in a country with a dark past. The land before you is a battlefield of fierce struggles for possession and power, led by the ruthless nobility. On whose side will you fight? Will you command a powerful army of soldiers, fighting for the royal family? Engage with bandits and thieves from the underground, to weaken the enemy with raids and theft? Or will you unite a group of holy guards to avert the approaching danger of the undead? It's in your hands! Manage your resources, play powerful action cards, and gather the most diverse troops under your banner! Welcome to the world of Adellos! Description: Adellos is a turn based fast paced tactical strategy board game for 2-4 players. Each player controls a medieval fantasy noble, who hires various units and tries to overcome the other players. Everyone plays a different faction (Royal Army, Clergy, Rebels & Undead) and the players have different units with unique skills to choose and control. They also have to manage their gold income and the flow of action cards that can be used on their and enemies turns for effects that influence the game. Everything takes place on a symmetric battle map and every noble has a specific skill that influences the game from the start. The game can be won through K.O. or „King of the Hill“. Turns are played in two phases. During the first phase, players gain resources their units provide. In the second phase, players hire units, move, attack, or play action cards. Every action costs a specific number of action points. The players start with three action points and a fix amount of gold. Players can increase their action points throughout the game to build up huge turns.