Demo with the Designers: Estate and Grod Games

Try a soon-to-be-released game on its road trip across the country! Grod Games will be making a stop at Diversions to introduce folks to their newest game, Estate: Raise The Realm, a medieval fantasy worker placement engine builder board game! It features asymmetric gameplay without heavy complexity, making it a less-intimidating entry point to this genre of Euro games.

With a release date of October, you have a chance to (not only) be one of the first to try the game, but also a chance to talk with the designers about their process and their inspirations for the game.

“In Estate, players take on the role of a Noble Leader of a Great House who is bequeathed an Estate post war. Each Leader begins the game with resources, a special ability, a unique build of construction(s) and/or citizen(s) cards within their Estate, a Family Secret objective, and workers prepared to rebuild.

A worker placement reconstruction challenge, players must use their workers wisely to optimize their Estate’s growth over the five Eras of game play. Workers can be used to take one of four main actions each turn: play citizen/construction Estate Cards, gather resources from the center game board, produce on Production Cards within their growing Estate, and draw new citizen/construction Estate Cards to join the cause. As the Eras progress and your Estate grows, worker actions become more powerful.”

You may also like the following events from Diversions: Games & Cafe:

• This Saturday, 16th August, 02:00 pm, Gaymers Gathering @ Press in Iowa City
• This Sunday, 17th August, 05:00 pm, Blood on the Clocktower in Coralville
• Next Wednesday, 20th August, 06:00 pm, Open Play & Happy Hour in Coralville

Also check out other Arts events in Coralville, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Coralville, Nonprofit events in Coralville.