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Valeria Card Kingdoms: Flames and Frost Review:

Valeria Card Kingdoms: Flames and Frost Review:

Information:

Mechanics: Card Drafting, Deck/Pool Building, Action Selection, Dice Rolling
Player Age: 13+
Player Count: 1 - 5 Players
Time to Play: 30 - 45 Minutes
Game Designer: Isaias Vallejo
Game Artists: Mihajlo Dimitrievski
Publisher: Daily Magic Games
Year Published: 2017
BGG Complexity: 1.99/5
Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.

Introduction:

Valeria Card Kingdoms has grown to include the kingdoms of Flame and Frost. This expansion has new cards for every facet of the game and are all centred around the theme of flame or frost.

New Citizens:

One citizen for each number has been added, boosting the set-up variability. Some of these new citizens can gain you victory points and wild resources.

New Domains:

20 new domains have been added, each of which brings the theme of flame or frost.

New Monsters:

Four new monster types are added, two in the flame theme and two in the frost theme. Some of the monsters have a wild reward that can give strength, gold or magic.

New Dukes:

Six new dukes are added to help add more possibilities during setup.

Events:

Six events have been added to this expansion. Events are added to the exhaust pile during setup and when they are revealed after a pile is exhausted, players must resolve the event before continuing their turn. 

Final Thoughts:

Pros:

- More content.

- Easy to add to any time you play the original game.

- The addition of events.

Valeria Card Kingdoms: Flames and Frost is one of those expansions that does not add extra complexity but instead simply gives the players more variability. These are my favourite types of expansions as they breathe new life into a game without the players having to learn or remember multiple new rules. Flames and Frost does this kind of expansion great, as there is extra variability in everything including more dukes, more domains, more citizens and monsters. It also adds events that have been in small expansion packs but that has not yet been used like this. This expansion is a must buy if you enjoy Valeria Card Kingdoms and simply want more choice and variability when it comes to set up and playing.

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