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?
Released in 2009, by the French fantasy miniatures company 'Taban Miniatures', EDEN is a skirmishes game, played with 32mm scale miniatures. That product is edited in English, Spanish, German and French.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Auction/Bidding
Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Secret Unit Deployment
Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
Read the full game description
Released in 2009, by the French fantasy miniatures company 'Taban Miniatures', EDEN is a skirmishes game, played with 32mm scale miniatures. That product is edited in English, Spanish, German and French. It is also available for free downloading in Hungarian, Brazilian and italian and soon in Italian. Eden is aimed at an adult audience. It features easy-to-learn rules and a very addictive system. The flexibility of the game allows players to adapt the strategic level to their own taste and to live fast and exciting combats. Game Features - A real skirmish game, fast-paced, bloody and tactical. - Compact format : 3-6 miniatures per player, one-hour games on a 2’x2’ battlefield. - A system of different missions for each player, making every single match a new experience. - Open army lists with the possibility to create unusual compositions and nine resulting gameplay experiences. - Short rules, easy to learn but hard to master. - Tactical cards, influencing the action every turn and establishing a strategy before the battle via a deck building system. - Wounds location affecting the fighters’ performances. - Top quality pewter miniatures, sculpted by awards winning artists. - An original background, mysterious yet classic. - Optional rules taking into account all the parameters of a real battle (weather, scenery, unpredictable events, wild beasts, etc). Core rule system by Pierre "Jugger" Joanne, upon an original idea of Mohamed "Mohand" Ait Mehdi. Game Design team : P. Joanne, Frederic "Berf" Maendly, M. Ait Mehdi and Emmanuel "Sered" Krebbs.