Table feel
Moderate level of interaction with a good mix of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus.
Once Upon A Line
Players
1-5
Time
120-180
Age
14+
Weight
2.7
Rating
6.48
Fit
Teach
2.7
Teaching signal
Replay
4.1
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Once Upon a Line has a high replayability score due to its strong variability in the gameboard, expansions available, and strategic depth. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, with multiple paths to victory and variable setups. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing the replay value. Players have ample room to improve their strategy over time, discovering new tactics and strategies. The game adapts well to different player counts without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers a good balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Once Upon a Line provides a fresh and engaging experience with high replayability.
Luck profile
Once Upon a Line has a moderate level of randomness impact, where random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have a substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, which gives them a good level of control over the game. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role. Overall, Once Upon a Line strikes a good balance between luck and strategy, making it an engaging and strategic board game.
Overview
Since the dawn of time, YOU, the Zephyrhymes, take control of talented beings in order to stop Tragedies that threaten the balance of the universe. The Butterfly’s Breath On Earth, in a not too distant future, a pandemic has decimated most of the human population, leaving room for insects to become gigantic. The survivors exploit the insects’ prodigious abilities to construct a new world. But all that may soon crumble. Once Upon a Line is a narrative game played out in chapters. Embody heroes and use their actions to play on a board of scratch off ink. Uncover hidden words and take their corresponding cards. This will reveal the next part of the story as well as new words to find in order to accomplish your mission. Fully immerse yourself in a personalized adventure. Elude traps (riddles, anagrams, palindromes, etc.). Complete your Quest before scratching off the last square on the Line of Tragedy. —description from the designer
Category
6Mechanism
5Family
6Editions
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Credits
Designers
2
William Aubert
Dan Thouvenot
Artists
4
Bastien Boulai
Alexandre Gimbel
Adrien Gion
Romain Mottier
Publishers
1
Perte & Fracas
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