Scythe Expansion Player Mats

Factions use this tab to randomize picking factions and player mats from the game and select which players are automa and which are human.

Scythe expansion player mats.

Because of this players should really hone in on making the most of this choosing process. The order is 1 2 2a 3 3a 4 5. Two new player factions with corresponding player mats miniatures and tokens. These numbers only matter when you are determining the first player based on the lowestnumbered player mat.

But when it comes down to it every scythe expansion is a worthwhile purchase no matter which order you get them in. My husband and i played these combinations over the weekend for fun research. There are is really only one major components to this expansion. I read a posting on reddit that stated that playing crimea patriot and rusviet industrial are both overpowering and shouldn t be played since it gives players an unfair advantage.

Overpowering factions and player mat combos for scythe. The new player mats which are now shuffled in with the other player mats during setup for all games of scythe regardless of player count are numbered 2a and 3a. The scythe expansion is a retail product that is compatible with any version of scythe but as a retail product it needs to be cohesive and consistent with the retail core game. As if scythe.

2 new factions includes new components that every other faction has mini s faction mats etc. Originally the game was to be capped at 5 players but i wanted to include 2 new player mats in the expansion. As well some faction and mat combinations can be overpowered. The expansion works seamlessly with any version of scythe i e if you have special resource tokens that s fine the expansion doesn t have any resource tokens.

Offers a repick option if the player doesn t want the random combination or swipe up and down on the images to manually select. Since the first player is the player with person with the lowest numbered player mat it s possible for the next player clockwise to have a much higher. Invaders from afar an expansion for scythe adds two new factions. It will be immediately obvious to anyone that owns scythe how this expansion plays into the base game.

The wind gambit is scythe s second expansion and accordingly takes second place on our list. It also includes some new cardboard tokens two new player mats six automa cards and a custom plastic insert designed to fit into the expansion box or the original scythe box. Scythekick has five main tabs. This expansion was released in 2016 soon after the base game came out.