A post-apocalypse-themed expandable deck-building game from Civil Dawn Games.
Game Geeks News is proud to bring you another great gaming project currently running on Kickstarter. Steve Hollaway (Civil Dawn Games) recently launched his very first crowdfunding campaign known as the Splintered Lands Deck-Building Game, a post-apocalypse-themed expandable deck-building game which was fully funded within five hours but still needs our help so that he can reach more of the stretched goals to make the game even better.
Unique Gameplay Element
In Splintered Lands, your resources are everything. You spend your Authority (which represents your health) in order to gain power, assert your influence, and attract skilled allies.
The wasteland is fickle. You never know what opportunities await you in the Dunes, and you must commit resources before setting out to find them. Be wary, though: if you spend your Authority too quickly, your enclave will bleed itself dry.
Authority
Authority is a tenuous thing in a land struggling to survive. Authority represents the supplies and staffing necessary for you to run a subsistent enclave and the influence you have over your hostile environment.
Players spend Authority to acquire cards from the Dunes row. Players also lose Authority equal to the damage dealt to their Headquarters (HQ). This loss of Authority represents damage to fortifications, loss of supplies due to hostile incursions, the cost of treating wounded defenders, and the reduction of an enclave’s ability to impact its environment due to these things.
Players begin the game with 100 Authority each. The game ends when one player loses all of their Authority.
The Dunes
During setup, players jointly choose three of the faction decks to play with. They shuffle them together, then draw and place five cards face-down in a row between both players to form the Dunes row.
During play, you’ll seek out new characters and wall defences by trekking out into the Dunes. Be careful, though: you will have to decide just how deep into the Dunes you want to go, as you must commit resources to the excursion before you set off.
Players search the Dunes and recruit the characters they find with promises of shelter, survival, and – for the bold – glory.
Player Enclave
During play, each player will begin to build up their own side of the play area, or their Enclave. This consists of their barracks (draw deck), treatment (discard) pile, walls, reserves, attachments, and HQ.
The Walls represent fortified positions around your enclave. Each wall may be occupied by up to two face-up character cards. There are three walls in an enclave – left, center, and right.
Cards in the Reserves are played face-down to add an element of surprise. You may choose to reveal them to supplement your defense when your opponent attacks you, or you may choose to deploy them to attack the other player’s enclave.
Attachments help defend your walls. See more information below.
Splintered Lands is fully funded, in its most basic form, This is one small step for a couple of passionate gamers with big dreams of becoming career developers. A small step – but it is just the beginning! From the deepest, most vulnerable corners of their hearts, Steve and his team would like to thank everyone who has pledged for helping them reach their goal.
Thanks to their backers, Splintered Lands will be made, and two brand new indie game designers have been given the chance to bring joy to your tabletop for decades to come.
Now, dear friends, the team are aiming their sights at the stretch goals! There is a lot of content they are hoping to unlock and bring to the table. Invite your friends to join them on this adventure and let’s get to unlocking things!.
Rewards for backing this Kickstarter include a Splintered Lands base game once the game is available for distribution, additional Founders packs and Neoprene playmats, your name in the Hall of Heroes plus all Unlocked stretched goals. For a full breakdown of the rewards available, check out their crowdfunding page on Kickstarter.
