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2018 Ranked #15,180

The Veil

This dark fantasy deck-building combat game has heroes develop private markets and reduce opposing health to zero. Character-specific decks support varied matchups, while a branching campaign lets the story develop through player choices.

Fantasy Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Solo / Solitaire Game Players: Games with Solitaire Rules

Players

1-5

Play time

30-60 min

Age

13+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

7.61

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

A dark fantasy deck building game. Thematic decks and character driven combat in a dark medieval fantasy world.

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A dark fantasy deck building game. Thematic decks and character driven combat in a dark medieval fantasy world. Choose a Hero and defeat your opponent(s) by reducing the Health of your opponent(s) to 0 health. Interesting deck building mechanics include a private market for each player allowing characters decks and abilities to be thematically appropriate to their class. Villain characters are more powerful permitting dynamic 1 vs 2 games while eliminating the problems of traditional free-for-all matches. A choose-your-own-adventure style campaign mode that allows 1 to 5 players to immerse in the the story of the world. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
1–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
30–60 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Logan Gendron

Publishers

1
(Self-Published)

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