Post #1573497
2026-04-19 19:27 UTC
Let’s keep catching up on #boardgames! I’ve been on a #HEXploreIt kick, so before my last game of Godai, I finally played Sands of Shurax for the first time! I heard it was one of the more complex iterations, so I rolled a D4 to pick a city-state to align with and used their victory condition as my goal from the get-go.
Victory achieved for Tarri! I destroyed all the other city-states and defeated the Level 8 boss that was teleporting me to all the irradiated spaces in the wastes. I probably didn’t see like 90% of this game. Didn’t bother with crystals, didn’t play scarabs, didn’t do the black pyramid, only visited half the cities, only used caravans strictly for transport, did practically no city-state missions…just focused on exploring enough of the wastes to give me enough time to power up and focusing on the Tarri’s Arena events. (1/2)
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@buffaloseven@mstdn.ca 2026-04-19 19:27
My character was stupid strong by the end of the game, but it helps that I chose a role that buffs on successful skill checks, and I had a victory condition that had me doing a lot of them outside the skills phase. Overall I really enjoyed this one. It was really thematic, the Ravager popping up all over the wastes is a fun timer for the game, and there’s just so much you can sink you teeth into if you want. A fantastic hexcrawl sandbox! (2/2)
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@jdarnold@indieweb.social 2026-04-19 21:50
@buffaloseven@mstdn.ca I only have Forests, but I really enjoy it. It gets a little much for me sometimes, playing 2 characters, but I can't wait to get it back to the table.