Valhalla cover
2018BGG rank #3,225

Valhalla

by Łukasz Woźniak · CrowD Games

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Players1–6
Time30–60m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age13+

About the game

What is Valhalla?

The end is coming and greatest warriors are standing to fight. To die in glory and reach Valhalla. Valhalla is a card game with dice placement mechanics. Each player takes role of a Jarl who builds a team of warriors and equips them to fight. In battles player roll dice to activate warriors and play special tactic cards. The winning party sends their activated warriors to Valhalla, and whoever has the most points at the end, wins the game. The game puts a classical "war game" concept on its head. In Valhalla the goal is to win a battle and send winning warriors to Valhalla. Custom dice add randomness and excitement to the game, and wide variety of Jarls, warriors and battle tactics ensure great replayability. —description from the publisher (Español) El final se acerca y los principales guerreros se aprestan a la lucha. Para morir gloriosamente y alcanzar Valhalla. Valhalla es un juego de cartas con mecanismos de colocación de dados. Cada jugador toma el papel de un Jarl que reúne un equipo de guerreros y los equipa para luchar. En las batallas, los jugadores lanzan los dados para activar luchadores y juegan cartas de tácticas especiales. El grupo ganador, envía a los guerreros que haya activado al Valhalla y quien tenga más puntos al fina, gana la partida.

How it plays

Mechanics

Dice RollingHand ManagementOpen DraftingRe-rolling and LockingSet CollectionTake ThatVariable Player Powers

On the shelf

Categories

Card GameDiceFightingMedievalMythology

Questions players ask

Questions to bring to BoardGameBrain

  • How do setup and the first turn work in Valhalla?
  • When does scoring happen and what ends the game?
  • How should the table resolve an unusual timing or rules interaction?