Renegade Game Studios Clank! Adventuring Party

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It does, however, recapture the overall theme of a bunch of bumbling greedy thieves delving into the dangerous unknown in search of treasure. Gideon’s Bias Clank Catacombs feels like graceful evolution of the Clank formula while staying true to all the aspects that made Clank such a great game in the first place. The occasional middle finger from the randomness of the tiles is offset by the enhanced variable nature of the game where exploration feels exciting every time you play. The compatibility with Adventuring Party and excellent solo app are just icing on the cake that was already pretty sweet. Arrive Choice. These new cards present options to all of the players when they arrive in the dungeon row. Sometimes it will be a choice of spending gold for a benefit which you can refuse or sometimes it will be a choice between two options, at which point every player must choose one of the options but they don’t have to be the same as each other. It’s My Party And I Will Bring Unique Powers If I Want To

In Clank Catacombs, you have no such knowledge. The labyrinth is different every time, and each new tile that’s revealed has the potential to shake up your previous plans. It makes Clank Catacombs playable at player counts 5 and 6, and it also allows the use of the special characters found in Adventuring Party, and I really enjoy them. I do feel that the Invisibility Cloak item included in Adventuring Party seems like a poor fit for Clank Catacombs given the careful focus on navigation. Negating monsters in tunnels is a bit too strong in Catacombs. Other than that, the whole thing translates over really well. Clank Catacombs turns the concept of treasure hunting upside down, at least compared to its previous iterations. While Clank has always featured some unknown elements, between random card draws and secret tokens. The actual act of spelunking for treasure felt less like a dungeon dive and more like a preplanned heist since you had the equivalent of a completely accurate blueprint to the dragon’s den. The rules are very comprehensive and include full details of how to set the game up for a 5 or 6 player experience. There are not that many differences and you can easily be ready to go in just a few minutes by following the rule book.For me, Clank Catacombs is the definitive Clank experience, especially since it’s compatible with Adventuring Party. The sheer variability that the tile system offers makes it more attractive than other Clank titles. That said, as much as the tile system introduces positive changes it also introduces a great deal more randomness. You are getting so much in this expansion that the best way to describe it is like a party in a box. The further into the mountain lair players go, the richer the rewards. However, they’ll have to be careful not to make too much noise, as every clank they make alerts the dragon and the more artefacts they steal the angrier the dragon will be. Whichever player makes it out alive with the greatest amount of wealth in hand is named the winner. Included with this expansion is a new minor secret called ‘Potion of Stealth’. When used you remove one of your Clank! cubes from the board and instead add one for each of your opponents.

The rulebook is nice and clean, and you get a handy sheet telling you what various tokens do. Clank Catacombs is simple to learn whether you’re new to Clank or a fan of other previous titles. A Clank of a Different Color The fact that each player meeple has a unique shape is a nifty touch.Instead of a static board, the play area itself is built while you play. Each time you move off the edge of a tile, you draw a new one and place it. You can orient the tile however you want, as long as the pathways connect and you could legally move there. This change has a large impact on the game. For one, it makes the game more variable. The maze is always different each time you play. You can run into situations where the tiles seem to favor the other players with artifacts while you’re on the other side of the labyrinth with no recourse but to settle for what you can and try to survive. Catacombs features a nice variety of cards with different effects. Publisher Renegade Game Studios - the company behind two-player board game Fox in the Forest and beginner board game Arboretum - partnered with Dire Wolf Digital on creating Adventuring Party, having already worked with the company on previous entries in the Clank! series.