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Designed by: Shem Phillips Art by: Mohajlo Dimitrievski Published by: Graphill Games Players: 1-4 Playtime: 45-60 Minutes Review copy supplied free of charge by Asmodee UK. Having successfully pillaged everything surrounding their village in Raiders of the North Sea our happy band of blood-thirsty Vikings reckons it’s time to explore the larger world so that they can pillage it, too. At least they’re consistent, I suppose. Yes, this is the third game in the North Sea trilogy and going into it I was very curious as to whether designer would opt for a heavier, deeper experience for the last game in the series before all three get bound together by Runesaga, or would stick with the lighter feel. So, your goal is to sail the seas, raid settlements, steal livestock, build outposts and wreck pirate ships in order to capture the victory points needed to be the most awesome Viking since Hiccup in How to Train your Dragon. To do that you first need to pick one of the two captains you’ll...

Designed by: Shem Phillips Art by: Mihajlo Dimitrievski Published by: Graphill Games Players: 2-4 Playtime: 60-120 Minutes Review copy provided free of charge by Asmodee UK. Ah, the Vikings. According to my beloved Champions of Midgard these infamous folk loved to fight trolls and slay various other beasts, but Raiders of the North Sea paints a slightly more realistic portrayal of them. Here they don’t fight monsters, they just raid presumably innocent monasteries and assault fortresses for fun. Yup, like any good Viking who has been raised properly your main task in life is to gather a crew and then raid the various outposts, villages, and monasteries at the top of the board, all in the name of glorious loot and glorious victory points. But before I go any further I should point out that Raiders of the North Sea is part of a trilogy of sorts, and while there’s no overarching story or anything there will be a small box called RuneSaga which will link Shipwrights of the North Se...