Scythe Expansion Player Mats

These numbers only matter when you are determining the first player based on the lowestnumbered player mat.

Scythe expansion player mats.

This expansion was released in 2016 soon after the base game came out. 10 miniatures 62 custom wooden tokens and 2 faction mats. 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. 2 new factions includes new components that every other faction has mini s faction mats etc.

Two new player factions with corresponding player mats miniatures and tokens. As such some factions and player mats have clear advantages over the other choices available. Invaders from afar an expansion for scythe adds two new factions. Factions use this tab to randomize picking factions and player mats from the game and select which players are automa and which are human.

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. 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. But when it comes down to it every scythe expansion is a worthwhile purchase no matter which order you get them in. The wind gambit is scythe s second expansion and accordingly takes second place on our list.

Scythekick has five main tabs. 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. 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. The order is 1 2 2a 3 3a 4 5.

Overpowering factions and player mat combos for scythe. Originally the game was to be capped at 5 players but i wanted to include 2 new player mats in the expansion. Choosing faction and player mats are actually a big deal in the game of scythe. As if scythe.

There are is really only one major components to this expansion. Because of this players should really hone in on making the most of this choosing process. 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.