Here is a break down of your possible actions during a turn:Teach/Recruit: workers with the feather icon are considered teachers, and are able to recruit other workers (from an available pool) into your workforce. The paragraph, which can be one or even several paragraphs, describes an encounter, usually with some subterranean dweller or situation. The storybook is packed with encounters of amazing adventure, randomly chosen each time you visit the cavern.

The player rolls dice for all of the characters in the exploration party and tallies the total number of lanterns earned for the successful dice rolls. Of course, new villagers cost money, and a player must utilize the training skills of the an appropriate villager. The encounter that is read from the book is determined by the roll of a die and unless you’ve heard the encounter before, you have little to no idea what your choices will be rewarded with. There are eight slots along the bottom of a player’s board where goods may be placed once harvested.Each worker tile has dice and lanterns depicted on it; the numerical value on each die is the number you must roll to acquire the number of lanterns shown below it. You wandered the desert, braved frozen peaks, and even paddled a log across the sea, kicking at sharks whenever they got too close, the baby strapped tightly to your back. It can be beyond frustrating to be rewarded with your sixth rope while watching other players get all the different types of goods they need. Teach/Recruit: workers with the feather icon are considered teachers, and are able to recruit other workers (from an available pool) into your workforce. Above and Below plays out over seven rounds with the winner being the player that manages to attain the most victory points by the end.

Greg has been a gaming enthusiast his entire life, growing up in our hobby mainly on the war game side. So, while it may be beneficial to steal from someone in terms of rewards, you will likely lose reputation by doing so. If you are short on beds, a villager can forgo sleep and instead recharge their strength with copious cider consumption, if you have it.Learning is just as hard as teaching so both student and teacher are sent to the exhausted area to recharge.

All photos on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4. If a player is producing a regular supply of a particular type of good, the player may wish to wait, as victory points will be earned for each good. The game was mainly a humorous affair, with numerous strange, bizarre and unusual encounters resulting in various stories being read, often causing unforeseen and sensational situations and scenarios. You’ll roll a die and be presented with a tiny snippet of an overall themed story from the underground world, and then be given choices of how you’ll proceed.We're going to make some house rules, as it seems a bit short to establish and compare villages properly, but to each their own! Every villager in the exhausted area will require a bed to sleep in and move them into the ready area to be available for next round. The Explore action will take at least 2 of your villagers and gives you access to the narrative part of the game. Above and Below, by designer and artist Ryan Laukat, is contained in a fantasy world of sky blues and vivid greens. I bought this to play with my 6 year old son, who doesn't normally deal with losing too well, but he has been absolutely fine with this as the game itself is so enjoyable.