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2019 Ranked #7,854

Battle Of The Bards

A fantasy performance game has players recruit bards, build shows, and capture audiences to become the leading troupe. Dice rolls and cards shape each performance in the race for acclaim.

Family Games Card Game Dice Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Dice Rolling

Players

2-4

Play time

20-60 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.14/5

Rating

7.01

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.1/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Battle of the Bards is a dice-rolling card game with aspects of deck-building set in the fantasy world of Tessandor. Players create performances, recruit bards, and work with their roadies to capture audiences in a race to become the best bard troupe.

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.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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Type

1
Family Games

Category

3
Card Game Dice Music

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

Family

2
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Editions

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20–60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
David Gerrard

Artists

1
Justin Hillgrove

Publishers

1
Junk Spirit Games

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