Raiders of the North Sea with the Hall of Heroes Expansion
Last night I got to play Raiders of the North Sea with the Hall of Heroes Expansion at Monday Night Gaming. It’s a fun group to play with. I still prefer games where I’m playing directly against my opponents’ wit. In this game, there are lots of ways to accumulate Victory Points. Sadly, very few involve direct interaction with the other players. I was most enthralled with the notion that when each of your raiders gets killed on a raid, you get an increasing amount of Valhalla points, which translates into exponentially more Victory Points. I thought about using that strategy…. “get killed as much as possible” but it didn’t work out. Instead I played a middling game and… tada ended up winning! I’m still not in love with games that focus on Victory Points for the win, but we had a good night of gaming!