Dive into this epic world and adventure in Soul Raiders a cooperative adventure game for 1-4 players from One For All.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/one4all/soul-raiders?ref=discovery_category_newest

Pros

• The Art and Aesthetic
• Cooperative and Solo Play
• Grimoire Edition

Cons

• The Price
• Minis

The Page

They do a really good job on this page. I can find basically everything I want right away and I’ve actually watched a little bit of talk about the game already over on BoardGameCo and Quackalope. So they did a good job of getting information and prototypes out with this game, now I’ll address some of what I think on game play later.

I also really like that there are two versions of the game. The Grimoire version is by far cooler looking but also more expensive. And that is going to be one thing that I will knock the game on. This game has a few minis, but the minis aren’t that impressive. Now, not all games need impressive minis and from what I know of this game, you don’t need the minis at all. Try and save some money if they can and if it’s cheaper to go completely with standees and without minis.

Why the standard even has any minis is a question to me. I get Grimoire, you want to add more than just a fancy box. But the standard edition isn’t cheap, over $100 with shipping. Now, I have paid way more for a game, but from the reviews and previews, this game feels lighter. And with it being compared to 7th Continent, I wish less money had been put into minis.

The Game

The game itself sounds interesting. BoardGameCo and Quackalope referred to it as a point and click adventure. You go to locations, you have an image of that location and then you get to play cards to do actions at the location. I like that concept in theory.

What worries me a little bit about the game is that they talk about how you don’t really know what you need to do. You interact with a Goblin it’d be nice to have some visual clues as to what the Goblin is going to do if you don’t kill them. Like they said, you are playing a prototype, so it’s hard to know.

Back or Brick

For me, this one is going to be a Brick on the Back and Brick scale. I love the artwork in this game, I think that there are things that look interesting. But I just don’t know. They talk about it being massively replayable, it might be. I worry that the main focus of the game and what you are doing each time won’t be that interesting. I love good card play, but I’m a little bit worried that the card play is going to feel fairly similar after several turns, let alone several playthroughs.

How about for you, is Soul Raiders a Back or a Brick?

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