Clever Mojo Games | SKU: 837057849

Ogre Castle

Name: Ogre Castle
Brand: Clever Mojo Games
SKU: 837057849
Price: 19.04 EUR
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Designer	W. David MacKenzie
Publisher	Clever Mojo Games
Players	3-4
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Additional Info	44125/ogre-castle http://boardgamegeek.com/forum/361668/ogre-castle/reviews

A game of greedy invading Knights and an Ogre protecting its turf and treasure. In Ogre Castle, three players become knights invading a castle in search of treasure, while a fourth player becomes the Ogre, owner of the castle and the treasure. The Ogre seeks to repel these home invaders and save its goods through magic and sword-play.

Ogre Castle is definitely BEST with four players...but it CAN be played with 3 players. Just make these adjustments...
(1) There will be two Knights and one Ogre.
(2) The Ogre places only the gems matching the Knight colors.
(3) Give the two Knights 4 armor chips each at the start of the game.
(4) Adjust the Ogre's goal to getting 4 gems of any color.
(5) The player who begins a battle draws a magic scroll card when they move away from the battle.

bring on the theme

This really adds to the fun when playing the game

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Awesome game

Nice abstract

What I liked:
• Visually, the game is stunning. I'm usually more into mechanics and don't get swayed by aesthetics alone, but here, I found myself enjoying the artwork and the fact that the tokens aren't just circular, but uniquely shaped.
• The player’s board is quite small, so you face interesting decisions about how to squeeze in as many animals as possible and maximize your score. That said, it could potentially lead to analysis paralysis.
• I enjoy 3D abstracts like Santorini, so I really liked the mechanic where you can build mountains, trees, and buildings on multiple levels. It adds another layer of strategy. In Cascadia, you're just rotating a landscape tile to expand similar terrains, but in Harmonies, you think, “Okay, I’ll use this 'one-level' mountain for this animal, and then I’ll build a second level to score even more.” Or, “This building is here, so I need to surround it with different colors, and if I can fit a field near it, that’s an extra five points.” The scoring for terrain feels more engaging.
• I love that there are combo opportunities here. In Cascadia, you populate an eagle, and maybe you get extra points from a fox. But in Harmonies, you could have parrots that need to be near water, and then you draw a fish card and manage to place six of them because everything was already set up with the parrots. When the puzzle clicks into place like that, it’s incredibly satisfying.
What I didn’t like:
• There’s little player interaction, and the draft always has alternatives. Taking animals your opponent needs doesn’t make sense since you can only hold four cards, and you don’t want to be stuck with a useless one. This is why I like Splendor Duel—there you have to pay attention to your opponent and disrupt their engine. Harmonies feels more like a friendly family game where everyone just focuses on their own board (which is a matter of taste).
• There’s no way to discard tokens or cards. You can make something work with almost any card, but some fit better in certain combos. You end up with around 20 cards in a two-player game, and I missed having something like a wild token in Cascadia to refresh the row.
• I feel like they could’ve improved Harmonies by printing some instant bonuses on the player’s board—maybe tokens for discarding, an extra tile of any color, or the ability to hold a fifth card.
Final thoughts: It’s a solid abstract game. We played three games almost in a row. I’m not sure if I’ll keep both Cascadia and Harmonies in my collection, as they leave a similar impression. In Cascadia, I enjoy rotating the tiles, while in Harmonies, it’s more about solving the puzzle of fitting in the animals.
My rating: 8 out of 10

Exactly as seen.

Good card and fast delivery

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