Nidavellir Expansion On The Way With Gods & Monsters; Idavoll!

June 8, 2022 by brennon

Nidavellir is a fascinating card game from Serge Laget that is published by the folks at GRRRE Games and Hachette Boardgames. In this game, you play as warbands of Dwarves in the Kingdom Of Nidavellir who are looking to defeat the deadly dragon, Fafnir.

Nidavellir // GRRRE Games

During gameplay, you'll search through taverns in the kingdom and hire the most skilful Dwarves and heroes to help you defeat your foes. The game introduces a coin building and bidding system where you will be seeking to make a diverse army of characters, all of which score in different ways. Bring together Blacksmiths, Hunters, Warriors, Explorers and Miners.

Nidavellir Components // GRRRE Games

It helps that the game features some great artwork from Jean-Marie Minguez that really brings this Norse world to life. As someone who likes their Dwarves, it's neat to see a game so focused on them and I reckon this is going to end up in my collection.

New Nidavellir Expansion

As well as the core game, Nidavellir also features two expansions. The first of which is out already, Thingvellir. The second is just around the corner and Idavoll starts to introduce the mighty Norse Gods and some powerful monsters too.

Nidavellir: Idavoll Cover // GRRRE Games

In this expansion, the tavern also offers up the chance to introduce mythical animals/monsters, valkyries, Aesir and more into your games. Gods come with power tokens on them which can be used to devastating effect. Giants allow you to capture Dwarves for specific classes. Valkyries swoop in and offer up a sliding scale of victory points depending on your progress throughout the game.

Nidavellir Idavoll Details // GRRRE Games

Lastly, you also have a set of Mythical Animals. Each of these creatures has its own unique abilities that twist and turn gameplay. You'll be able to dive in and introduce the likes of Odin, Thor and Freya into your games plus the lovable squirrel that gnaws on the Yggdrassil, Ratatosk!

Are you going to be checking out this new expansion? Have you played the original Nidavellir?

"You'll be able to dive in and introduce the likes of Odin, Thor and Freya into your games plus the lovable squirrel that gnaws on the Yggdrassil, Ratatosk!"

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