Dice can be rerolled as many times as you want… or at least as many times as you’re able and willing. Each die features some combination of strength symbols that are necessary to accomplish some or all of a certain challenge. The game features 62 dice and they’ll all come in handy at some point to achieve a challenge. Each challenge card features a certain object that requires a specific number of die faces to be rolled.

Completing challenge cards is a big chunk of the game. Here players have the opportunity to choose challenge cards, refresh their dice and possibly gather a few resources. The Citadel of Time serves as the island’s headquarters. The best way to break down the variety of mechanics and thematic touches is by providing a tour of all the islands, what you can do there and how it affects your game as a whole. Players will have to be intentional with their strategy and efficient with their choices since each player is limited to only 16 actions (in the 4 round variant) for the entire game. The game primarily revolves around players gaining different dice, completing challenges and upgrading your characters. The game takes place over 4 rounds (or 7 in the extended game) and during those rounds, players will take turns moving around the board seeking to satisfy goals and claim points in a number of different ways. The board is a uniquely pieced together variety of individual islands that serve as action points for your character. Each character comes equipped with a backstory and tendencies to help you determine your best strategy. Completing Challenges and fighting monsters will advance your character in the four traits of Focus, Spirit, Resilience and Synergy.Įach Tidal Blade will be judged at the end of the 5 rounds based on the Challenges they have completed, the level of each of their Traits, their standing on the Champions Board, and the monsters they have fought.Each player begins the game by choosing 1 of the 5 base game characters. At the Arenas you may then attempt a Challenge that matches your Location, and at the Fold you may battle a monster. Each action will gain you the resource or effect listed on the action space as well as the Location bonus. By gathering the needed resources, signing up to compete in Challenges and timing your arrival at different islands you can make the most of your Hero’s turns and rise in the ranks of the contestants.Įach day you will send your hero to take actions on the different Locations and to undertake Challenges. The tournament takes place over 5 Days and Nights. In Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef, each player takes the role of a young hero competing to be named a Tidal Blade. A tournament has been called, the Arenas are ready, the inhabitants of all the islands are gathering, and young heroes from across the realm are showing up to compete to be named a Tidal Blade: Hero of the Reef. The Arcanists folded space and time to stop the onslaught of creatures from the depths, but now new Monsters have appeared, the hard-earned days of peace are coming to a close and the islands need protection. It has been fifteen years since the Great Battle 15 years since the Arcanists from the Citadel of Time made their terrible choice and created the Fold 15 years since the last assemblage of Tidal Blades. To succeed in the Tournament and be chosen as a Tidal Blade, you must compete in Challenges held in the 3 Arenas, rise to the top of the Champion’s Board, and protect the realm from the ever increasing threat of the Monsters from the mysterious Fold. Welcome Heroes! Many magnificent contestants have signed up for the tournament but only a handful will be chosen to join the the Tidal Blades, the elite guards of our island realm.

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