Wrathborne Champions

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction. Limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Wrathborne Champions has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. The game offers fresh experiences each time it is played, with multiple paths to victory and random elements. The expansions add new content and gameplay elements, enhancing the replay value. Players can continuously 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 take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the effort.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Wrathborne Champions is 7, indicating a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

You and your friends have been chosen by the gods to become Wrathborne; the strongest fighters the world has ever known! Using special class skills, unique weapons, and a few items, you must work together to defeat monsters intent on destroying the civilized world. This fully cooperative game will require your party to tactically dismantle each enemy in a different way before all of you are out of options. Whether casual or hardcore, Wrathborne Champions is the perfect game for all those brave enough to face the monsters' wrath. Each player is assigned a deck of cards comprised of their specific class abilities, a series of attacks specific to the weapon they are using this game, and a few personally selected items. These decks control not only the moves available to players, but also their life total, with damage being applied directly to the deck itself. Player fight against one or more giant monsters printed on 10x10 miniboards placed in the center of the play area. Unlike most "big bad" games, the Monster Cards in Wrathborne Champions have set attacks and actions performed each round. This "AI code" lets players predict a great deal of how the monsters will act, allowing them to make tactical choices during their turns to increase the likelihood of success. Monster Card life is tracked via Life Cards in a similar fashion to player decks. Most of these life cards are benign, but some alter the state of play dynamically, sometimes twisting the control out of the player's hands. Players defeat a Monster Card when all Life Cards are removed from the sectors of the Monster Card that can attack. The game ends when the last Monster Card is defeated, or the final player is killed.

Mechanism

4

Cooperative Game Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Pattern Recognition Variable Player Powers

Media