Seattle Board Games

Do you have what it takes to rule the known universe? Find out in Dune: Imperium! In this highly acclaimed (Boardgamegeek ranking: #6 overall!) game, you'll gather intrigue cards, troops, money, water, and the spice mélange, then use these resources to gain influence with the four main factions in the universe while gaining points (and other rewards) through conflicts with the other players. The paths to victory are many, but you'll need to balance the demands on your resources with your limited number of actions. When the sand settles, only one of the players can control the desert planet of Dune!

This game is mid-complexity (3.23/5.00), and there will be a teach or refresher if needed. We'll play with the Rise of Ix expansion, which adds some features to the base game, but is easily explainable. Depending on the experience levels of the players, we'll decide whether to include the Immortality expansion.

If we don't get at least three players by the day of, we'll cancel the event.

This 14 minute video outlines the rules of the game (not including the expansions):
https://boardgamegeek.com/video/359087/dune-imperium/how-to-play-dune-imperium-in-14-minutes

A weekly event held at the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church. We are located in the secondary building, on the left when facing from the parking lot, in the Emerson room down the hall and on the left. We typically play strategy board games from light-moderate complexity to moderate complexity, typically until 8-10 pm. Game choices are made when all players arrive, typically by voting. Bring whatever games you like, feel free to chat them up before voting occurs. Hope to see you there!

Let's play Bitoku at Phoenix Comics and Games! BGG Rating 7.8, Complexity 3.76/5.00 (Ranking: Overall 299, Strategy 192). Beginners are welcome!

Description from the publisher:

In Bitoku, the players take on the roles of Bitoku spirits of the forest in their path towards transcendence, with the goal of elevating themselves and becoming the next great spirit of the forest. To do so, they will have the help of the yōkai, the kodamas and the different pilgrims that accompany them on their path. This is a hand-management, engine-building game with multiple paths to victory.

Players will have yōkai represented by the cards that make up their hand, which must be placed in the right places at the right times in order to obtain the maximum benefit from the abilities they offer. Furthermore, during the game players can earn more yōkai cards for their deck, thereby increasing their playing options and achieving a higher score. Each player also has three yōkai guardians (in the form of dice) that they can send to the large regions of the forest on the main board in order to obtain all kinds of new options that they can play during the game. These options can be structures they build in certain areas of the forest, soul crystals that generate resources when certain actions are carried out, and many others as well. The players also have the chance to help the mitamas, lost souls in search of redemption by using the chinkon fireflies.

There is truly a wide range of actions to carry out, and this is without taking into account the personal domain where the players can lay out another layer of additional strategy while managing the pilgrims. Pilgrims are followers of the player who embark upon journeys of contemplation and reflection who then share the experiences and learning they can along the spirit path with the Bitoku.