Skybound Tabletop Wonderland's War, Multicolor (81094)

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Once the dust has settled and the cutlery has been washed, let’s reflect on this remarkable game. For me, Wonderland's War is truly fantastic. It may initially look daunting to some whilst it is being set up due to the number of components on display, but it sure looks good when it’s all laid out. Speaking of the artifact chips, not only are they the highest value chips that you start with, but each faction also has two upgrade abilities that affect their artifact chips, along with two additional passive abilities. For instance, Alice (pictured above) can reactivate her shield when she plays an artifact, or move Alice herself into a region at the end of battle, potentially swinging the balance in her favor. Of course, you have to work toward getting these upgrades, but there are some very fun combos for each character.

The tea party phase gives players the opportunity to prepare for war by moving around the board and gaining valuable resources to put into their individual token bags. However, players will have to be careful to not collect shards of the Looking Glass, as these become minus victory points at the end of the game. Once they have drawn their first token a player can decide to stop drawing at any time, with the war phase ending when all players have either gone bust or have decided to stop. Players can also decide to complete quests, forge weapons or build castles to gather victory points during the war phase - as long as they have enough resources to do so.Multi-way fights are particularly fun, especially given that this is something that’s proven hard to handle in other games, mechanically. The fact players who aren’t contesting get to bet on the outcome is a masterstroke, keeping everyone engaged with every chit pull from the bag.

Indeed, Wonderland’s War is big, bold, and beautiful – at least when studying the game’s wealth of art in isolation. Viewed in its entirety though, the game displays an incongruous merging of heavily violet-tinted gaudiness but surprisingly tight readability. Gathering five players around this generous piece of tabletop real estate might be a challenge, but, somehow, its size, clear iconography, and deceptively simple layout lessens the chance of in-game confusion. darf man sich einen Chip aussuchen; verliert man, erhält man eine Scherbe. Man ist immer involviert und interessiert am Ausgang sämtlicher Kämpfe. So stell ich mir das vor und so macht das haben, man ist aber immer nur einmal dran, bevor alle anderen zuschnappen dürfen. Die Qual der Wahl fühlt sich hier einfach nur gut an. Verstärkt wird das dann, indem die Karten in den nächsten Die Spielzeit betrug bei uns zu dritt immer etwa 2 Stunden, zu viert ein klein wenig mehr. Die angegebenen 45 - 75 Minuten erachten wir daher für am Spielende. Aber nicht nur der Sieg in den Gebieten zählt! Auch das Erfüllen von Quests lohnt sich und dafür muss man nicht gewinnen, sondern beispielsweise einen Gebietskampf

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The retail edition has two layers of cardboard inserts. The deluxe edition has a taller box to accommodate all the extras, and GameTrayz to keep everything organized. The board game is played in two phases - the tea party phase and the war phase - with players taking turns to gain supporters, recruit allies and craft magical weapons before going into battle. Dann folgen die spannenden Gebietskämpfe. Vorher darf man noch seine Charakterfigur in eine beliebige Region stellen, auch erworbene Wunderlandianer Whichever of these options you choose, you’ll have to consider that each of the five Wonderland regions will score differently (based on a randomised setup) in each of the three rounds that follow. Your followers (meeples) don’t add strength to a region, but they do represent your health there.. Taking only cards that add new allies or chips might give you strength, but only by placing followers will you have staying power in a given region.