Elric: Rise of the Young Kingdoms

Hi All – very rarely do I use this site to promote other sites, games or events, but I’ve been lucky enough to have had (a very small) something to do with this Kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ledepartement/elric-rise-of-the-young-kingdoms

Elric: Rise of the Young Kingdoms

A board game by Jean-Baptiste Lullien and Frederic Chansel, based on the novels by Michael Moorcock.

In Elric: Rise of the Young Kingdoms, each of players leads raiders from the different Kingdoms in their goal to sack of Imrryr, capital of the powerful Melnibonean Empire. Led by generations of wizard emperors, backed by powerful dragons and pacts with arch-demons, Melniboné has ruled over the Young Kingdoms for millennia, extorting gold, slaves, and other wealth from its vassals. 
The city of Imrryr thinks herself invulnerable, but it has been betrayed by its fallen emperor – Elric! Prince Elric, wielder of the Black Blade Stormbringer, Eater of Souls, has agreed to lead the Raiders through the city’s defences to find his beloved Cymoril, and defeat – once and for all – the usurper of his Ruby throne; Yyrkoon.

You have broken through the first of the city’s defences and here she lays, ready to fall like an overripe fruit. But you mustn’t delay to long: her forces won’t be disorganized for long, and you’d better far away when the Dragons finally awaken…

Your Goal

As a group, you must defeat the Heart of the Palace, Imrryr’s central defence, before city’s defenders are fully activated. If you fail to do so, the city wins, there are no winners.  If the Heart of the Palace falls, the game ends and the player with the most Victory points (gained from Loot cards) wins, and their nation will undoubtedly be the future master of the Young Kingdoms!

The Kickstarter will be run from the 18th of April 2022 to May 16 2022. Here is an idea of the game layout and the crowdfunding pledge structure. A lot more detail can be found over at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ledepartement/elric-rise-of-the-young-kingdoms