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Explore: The year is 1920s Europa. The ashes of the Great War still scar the land, and the capitalist city-state simply known as “The Factory” has fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, closing its doors and drawing the attention of several nearby nations.
Published by Stonemaier: Stonemaier is a board game publisher based in St. Louis, MO with worldwide distribution. Stonemaier’s brands include: Viticulture, Euphoria, Between Two Cities, Scythe, Charterstone, My Little Scythe, Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Wingspan, Tapestry, Pendulum, Red Rising, Rolling Realms, Libertalia, Smitten, Expeditions, Apiary, and Wyrmspan.
Rewrite History: Scythe is a 4X game set in 1920s Eastern Europa. It is an engine-building game about farming and war, lost love and war, rust and mechs, honor and hearth. It is the age of the dieselpunk.
Variety: With 5 different factions and 5 different player boards, players can combine them for a high degree of replayability. Asymmetrical powers keep each game fresh.
Quick Turns: Scythe uses streamlined action-selection mechanics (no rounds or phases) to keep gameplay at a fast pace and reduce downtime between turns. 1-5 players, 115 min, ages 14+
Low Luck and Randomness: Scythe gives players almost complete control over their fate. Other than each player’s individual hidden objective card, the only element of luck is the “encounter” cards drawn when players interact with citizens in newly explored lands.
Beautiful Design and Art: Designed by Jamey Stegmaier (Viticulture). With intriguing and beautiful 1920+ artwork by Jakub Rozalski (Iron Harvest), a richly developed alternate reality.
Cold War Tension: Tension arises more from the threat of combat than from combat itself. Combat is risky but can be rewarding for both parties. When you attack someone and take their stuff, you lose popularity, but when you make decisions that gain popularity, you gain popularity.
Mechanisms Designed Around Theme: The rewards from the encounter cards add a role-playing element to Scythe, allowing players to decide moral dilemmas instead of just choosing from resource benefits. Animal companions, mechs, and characters all tell a rich story of intrigue and sought-after glory. When you upgrade, you reveal more benefits, making it easier to progress through the game and feel like you’ve actually upgraded something. When you upgrade, you reveal more benefits, making it cheaper to progress through the game and feel like you’ve actually upgraded something.
Solo Play: Features an automa that plays against you in a single-player game for a fun solitaire experience. The automa simulates an opponent, but the game is otherwise unchanged for you as a player. On the automa’s turn, flip over a card and see what actions it takes.