This time, my friends Austin, Andrew, Scott, and I enter a world of wizards in the game Seasons, created by Regis Bonnessee-Naide.
Seasons is one of those games that has a kind of beauty to it. With a mix of strategy and luck of rolling some dice each round, 2-4 players take turns throwing down spell cards to collect crystals, victory points and outwit their opponents. At the end of a “Three Year,” tournament, the wizard with the most crystals and victory points at the end of the third year wins.
So, obviously the game doesn’t actually take three years to play, (really it takes about an hour to play.) Seasons is separated into three rounds, and each round is separated into four seasons. Each season comes with a set of dice that give you a few different actions to choose from. These actions help you strategize against your opponents. These coincide with the nine cards you all draw at the beginning of the game.
I have to say, as fun as this game is, I am not that great at it. I do have to commend my friend Austin though.He definitely had the long game planned out well, and completely annihilated us in the first game that we played. The second game came down to a complete luck of the draw, and Andrew had us beat with a few lucky draws. It was actually pretty amazing to total up the points of the third game and see that Andrew had only beaten Austin by one point.
Seasons is an excellent mix of a card, dice, strategy game hybrid. It has gotten a ton of great reviews from all sorts of board game critics, including Libellud Asmodee from Boardgaming.com. So if you ever feel like taking a step to the fantasy side of gaming, I totally suggest checking seasons out.
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