A Feast for Odin
About the Game
A Feast for Odin is a saga in the form of a board game. You are reliving the cultural achievements, mercantile expeditions, and pillages of those tribes we know as Viking today — a term that was used quite differently towards the end of the first millennium. When the northerners went out for a raid, they used to say they headed out for a viking. Their Scandinavian ancestors, however, were much more than just pirates. They were explorers and founders of states. Leif Eriksson is said to be
Reviews
A Feast for Odin
A Feast for Odin is the ultimate “point salad” sandbox, and I mean that in the best way. Every time I sit down to play, I’m both excited and a little overwhelmed by the sheer number of options – there are action spaces for everything from whaling to weaving, and I want to do them all. Thankfully, you get a ton of turns to pursue different paths, and it’s incredibly satisfying to carve out your own Viking saga. My absolute favorite part is the tile-laying feast puzzle: fitting those oddly shaped pieces onto my board to cover negatives scratches a very particular itch, and when it clicks it’s immensely rewarding. (Some say “hate the puzzling, hate the game; love the puzzling, love the game” – and I’m firmly in the latter camp.) With friends, there’s almost no player interaction – we’re all absorbed in our own boards – which can be a pro or con depending on the group. It also takes a while to teach and set up (so many bits!), but the consensus in my circle is that it’s worth it. Few games give such a sense of freedom to build and explore strategy as this one.
✓ Pros
- • Massive variety of actions and strategies – a true sandbox experience each game
- • Deeply satisfying polyomino tile puzzle for filling your board
- • Highly replayable and even great for solo play due to the open-ended gameplay
✗ Cons
- • Huge number of options can be overwhelming at first and cause analysis paralysis
- • Minimal player interaction – everyone mostly focuses on their own board
- • Long playtime and very involved setup/teardown with lots of components
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