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2018 Ranked #17,113

Trollfjord

A tactical placement and dexterity game where players position trolls, strike a tower, and collect the most valuable rubble treasures. Troll placement sets carrying capacity and can let players benefit from another excavation, while a time track forces movement choices.

Action / Dexterity Fantasy Area Majority / Influence Push Your Luck

Players

2-4

Play time

45-60 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

5.85

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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?

Trollfjord is the family strategy game where a solid wooden hammer meets a solid wooden tower! However, before that can happen you must populate the map with your trolls and strategically position them around the legendary rocky forts of the mountain ghost..

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Trollfjord is the family strategy game where a solid wooden hammer meets a solid wooden tower! However, before that can happen you must populate the map with your trolls and strategically position them around the legendary rocky forts of the mountain ghost.. You strike the tower with the hammer, trying to knock out some rubble of different colours in order to collect the most valuable treasure tokens. But be careful! Do not knock out more rubble than your capacity allows, which is determined by the number of trolls you have around the cave. Although, there is some luck involved in the game, you may be surprised how much you are able to control. Through tactical placement of your trolls you may even join in on other players excavations, freeloading off their hard work. The decisions are made on the time track surrounding the game board. This time track introduces a novel system, consisting of two types of fields, which creates interesting and important decisions for the players: Either you move on the placement fields (for placing trolls on the board) or on movement fields (for moving trolls on the board).

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
45–60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Kristian Amundsen Østby Eilif Svensson

Artists

1
Alexander Jung

Publishers

1
Zoch Verlag

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