Engage In More Encounters With New Scythe Deck Expansion
October 5, 2018 by cassn
In the summer of 2018, Scythe creator Jamey Stegmaier asked fans to design new events to be added into the 1920s alt-historical board game. Now he has selected his favourites and compiled them into a new encounter deck.
Scythe Encounters is a new set of 32 encounter cards to add to the base game. Encounter cards are multiple choice cards players can collect by exploring which provide special, one-time bonuses. This new deck is designed to be incorporated into the original deck, however, Stegmaier has recommended that players use the deck separately for the first few playthroughs, as these new cards provide “a number of innovations in the encounter system”.
I got to play Scythe recently and I just absolutely love it. It's great fun, there are tons of strategic options which allows for vast dynamic gameplay, and the character selection mechanic prevents one-tricking which can be a real problem. Also, my character had a bison, and that's always going to be fun.
Scythe Encounters sadly won't be previewing at Essen, but will be released worldwide on December 7th for the bargain price of $20 (£15), and would make an excellent Christmas present for an OnTabletop news journalist who likes sci-fi strategy games and bison. Just saying.
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"These new cards provide a number of innovations in the encounter system."
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@Cassn – So much looking forward to your Scythe Let’s Play video. My favourite faction has to be Russviet – with a Siberian Tiger at your side – how cool is that?
The artwork is awesome!
That sums up the game. Nice art, shame about the game. So much theme and yet the game is very dull.
Already got this on advanced order. Scythe is a superb game and a big favourite in our gaming circle due to the complexity of strategic options which enhance replayability. The encounter cards are important in the early to mid game and although they rarely make a difference to the end result they certainly add to the flavour and immersion. This model of community involvement in the progress of the game is a very strong one. It looks like a grat way to maintain the community around the game and ensure that it keeps working its way to the top of… Read more »
Love Scythe.These are going onto my Scythe mega-bundle purchase list.