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Chaos in the Old World
The Ruinous Powers battle for dominance of the Old World!
Moderator: FFGAntonffgjafferffgjoshGeckoThe Spaniard Topics: 251 | Posts: 1490
How many players ?
Published on 19 June 2009 - 15:56:49

Funny enough, I couldn't find anywhere on this site how many players this game is for.

It's clear the maximum is 4, but what's the minimum ? 2 ? 3 ? 4 ?

it says 3-4 on BGG, but I'm not sure that's true.

Actually the absence of this very important piece on information might imply FFG haven't decided yet, and they are still testing the game with 2 or 3 players.

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Reply #1 | Published on 19 June 2009 - 12:09:25
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I really hope this game will play well with 2 players.  Only occasionally am I able to round up more people than that who are tolerable enough to endure their company for an hour or two.

I have dwelt ever in realms apart from the visible world; spending my youth and adolescence in ancient and little-known books, and in roaming the fields and groves of the region near my ancestral home. I do not think that what I read in these books or saw in these fields and groves was exactly what other boys read and saw there; but of this I must say little, since detailed speech would but confirm those cruel slanders upon my intellect which I sometimes overhear from the whispers of the stealthy attendants around me.

H.P. Lovecraft

Reply #2 | Published on 19 June 2009 - 13:29:25

The minimum at the very least is 3 players, since the preview mentions what happens when one of the Ruinous powers are left out, meaning when you have less than maximum number of player.

I too hope it supports 2 player games.

...Now get to FIGHTIN!!!

Reply #3 | Published on 07 July 2009 - 05:52:19

I also hope that 2 players will work,althought it does appear to be desighed for 4.

OD

The way of iron and the ax,
this Dwarf's tale nears told.
Now extract their cruel tax,
the stone grows cold..cold...cold

Reply #4 | Published on 10 July 2009 - 06:17:59

 You might be able to make a decent game for 2 playing 2 powers each.

With rugby, its not the winning that counts but the taking apart

Reply #5 | Published on 18 July 2009 - 16:11:21

Now it's annoying. According to the "Upcoming" page, the game is already on the boat, which probably means the game is done and ready, and the rulebook was already printed.

How come FFG still don't show the number of players on the game's mini-site ?

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Reply #6 | Published on 19 July 2009 - 13:26:32
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It's on board? Wow that means taht it will be earlier than everyone thoght. If the game is for 3-4 players then I will not buy it. I love the Warhammer Universum but I don't have so much players interested in it.

FFG could give as a preview of the rulebook.

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Reply #7 | Published on 08 August 2009 - 04:09:19

Well, while is still doesn't say anywhere "3-4 players", the setup process (specifically, stage 6 on the back cover of the rules) specifically mentions it should be 4 players or 3 players.

Still, it's weird that it does not appear anywhere "officially".

Anyway, I'm personally disappointed. I really hoped for 2-player option.

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Reply #8 | Published on 08 August 2009 - 06:01:31

Giving the rules a quick read-through, I didn't spot anything straight away that would suggest you can't play it with just 2.

A dirty mind is its own reward.

Reply #9 | Published on 08 August 2009 - 07:02:17

My group has 3 on Saturdays/Holidays, but only 2 on any other days.  Could work for me, could work.

Then I shall make you see, that your hopes are nothing!  NOTHING BUT A MERE ILLUSION! - Zexion

Reply #10 | Published on 16 August 2009 - 15:56:49
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Sounds like yet another game for for a set number of players with alibi rules for different numbers. Like Britannia, where they state 3-5 and mean "only 4". Won't buy it, I think.

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