The Norse pantheon is marching on the Greek pantheon and you have a chance to join them and become a god in this competitive legacy game, Divinus, from Lucky Duck Games.

Pros

• Legacy Game
• App Integration
• Endlessly replayable
• Tile Placement
• Theme
• Price

Cons

• Short Legacy Campaign
• Possibly Light on Story

The Page

Lucky Duck, known for Chronicles of Crime, Destinies, Kingdom Rush and more board games, has done a lot of crowdfunding before. And that really shows because this is a well put together page. Though, as a legacy game, it can only really show so much. And while that isn’t a knock on if I’m going to back this game or not, it is something to know. The game is going to change in ways that they cannot tell without spoiling the game itself.

I will say for a legacy game the idea of as many stretch goals as there are is odd to me. It must come from the replayable mode after you are done with the legacy campaign. But in some ways I’d prefer to have had that locked in stone, or more of that content added into the legacy campaign itself.

The Game

The game itself looks interesting. They have released the first two scenarios to some content creators to show what is going on. The one that I have watched from Tablenauts, which I’ll have the video right below.

I like how the math works in this game. It’s rare for me to say that I like math, but this one makes sense as an interesting choice in the game. You use any combination of the dice and with addition and subtraction you use that to get tiles to put into your tableau. That piece of the game seems really simple.

And that’s one concern I have about the game. This is a Lucky Duck game so there will be story on the stuff that you scan, but is the game too simple by itself, and is there enough game in the box? I have to ask myself, will I play this after the legacy campaign. Because if not and with how light and fast the game seems to be, are 12 30-45 minute games worth it? Is there enough story and enough game for the price point.

Back or Brick

So is this a back or a brick for me? Right now it’s a back, but I’m a little bit on the fence. I think that the game play looks fun, but I worry about how much game play there is in the box and if I’ll play it after the legacy portion is done. The theme and the potential story that they can tell, I’m very interested in that. Do I think it’s going to be the best legacy game, I’m not sure about that, but I think it should be a very accessible one and should be a lot of fun. But I’m still a little on the fence.

Is this a Back or Brick for you?

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