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?
Description from the publisher: In Barbaria, you become mighty barbarians and set out searching for dangerous and great adventures. Wrestle monsters and warlocks, hunt for treasures, look for assistance, and collect ancient runes, which will give you the victory.
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.
Push Your Luck
Choose whether to secure current gains or risk them for a larger reward.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Read the full game description
Description from the publisher: In Barbaria, you become mighty barbarians and set out searching for dangerous and great adventures. Wrestle monsters and warlocks, hunt for treasures, look for assistance, and collect ancient runes, which will give you the victory. Game author Peter Rustemeyer is an archeologist from Germany who has loved barbarians and everything about them from childhood. He has developed not only the mechanisms of Barbari but he's hand-painted spicy watercolor illustrations, too, which will definitely be a standalone topic for discussion during the game session. The rules are extremely simple and handled for five minutes. You have to get the particular number by the specified color dice to win the enemy. Fail? Don't worry! Use your trophies from the previous battles so that you can throw the dice again or set the needed number. Don't have any trophies? Negotiate with your friends. That didn't work? Well, you're in trouble — but scars are ornaments for every warrior, right?