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?
We are orcs! We have come to rob you, see your houses burn down, and blow your heads off!
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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We are orcs! We have come to rob you, see your houses burn down, and blow your heads off! We're done being victims of your heroes in tights and shining armor! In this world, we are the heroes! In OrcQuest, you are about to embody a gang of green skins, and being mean is good. Brawls, traps, treasures, captures and cheap shots are on the menu, and you're gonna love it! OrcQuest is a fast-paced card game in which violence and dirty tricks are the keys to victory. Even our dice are sharp enough to slash our enemies. Be bad, be strong, be orc! In more detail, you want to be the richest green skin alive at the end of the raid. Every turn, you take a card from the draw pile, then you have to play one challenge card: Brawl, Trap or Capture. You can also play other cards: one Magic stuff, one Treasure, and as many Cheapshot as you want to help you. The dice determine the result of the challenge. If you succeed, you get the reward (gold, life points...). If you fail, you can lose life points, gains, cards... and maybe you will not be alone. Every player can interact during the turn of the others, using Cheapshots or Magic stuff. When the draw pile is empty, one last turn is played. This is the final phase. Some cards can be played only at this moment — if you manage to keep them in your hand...