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Bosworth

Players

2-4

Time

?-?

Age

8+

Weight

2.1

Rating

5.79

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct confrontation and strategic depth.

Replay value

Bosworth has a high replayability score due to its variability in gameplay, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, with expansions available to enhance the gameplay. Players have room to improve their strategy over time, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers enough depth to keep players engaged.

Luck profile

Bosworth has a moderate level of luck influence. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. 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

Bosworth is essentially a chess variant for up to 4 players. The pieces are the same as chess (8 pawns, 2 knights, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, a king, and a queen), but they are represented as disks so that they can be drawn randomly from a pile. Players begin the game with 4 pawns in their edge of the board or "field camps" and four pieces from their draw pile as their hand. On each turn, a player must move or capture with one piece, fill empty spaces in their field camp with a piece from their hand, and then draw to bring their hand up to four pieces. Pieces move and capture just like in chess, except for pawns, which can move sideways and capture in any diagonal direction, and kings, which can capture their own pieces to escape check. As in chess, the object is to checkmate all opponent's kings. Online Play GameTable Online (real-time)

Category

1
Abstract Strategy

Mechanism

1
Grid Movement

Family

4
Components: 4 x 4 Grids Components: 6 x 6 Grids History: Waterloo Campaign Traditional Games: Chess

Type

1
Abstract

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Credits

Designers

1
Mark Alan Osterhaus

Artists

1
John Kovalic

Publishers

3
Alga Brio AB Out of the Box Publishing

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