Factions use this tab to randomize picking factions and player mats from the game and select which players are automa and which are human.
Scythe expansion player mats.
2 new factions includes new components that every other faction has mini s faction mats etc.
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.
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.
It will be immediately obvious to anyone that owns scythe how this expansion plays into the base game.
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.
10 miniatures 62 custom wooden tokens and 2 faction mats.
Originally the game was to be capped at 5 players but i wanted to include 2 new player mats in the expansion.
Overpowering factions and player mat combos for scythe.
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.
There are is really only one major components to this expansion.
As well some faction and mat combinations can be overpowered.
My husband and i played these combinations over the weekend for fun research.
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.
As if scythe.
The order is 1 2 2a 3 3a 4 5.
The wind gambit is scythe s second expansion and accordingly takes second place on our list.
This expansion was released in 2016 soon after the base game came out.
But when it comes down to it every scythe expansion is a worthwhile purchase no matter which order you get them in.
These numbers only matter when you are determining the first player based on the lowestnumbered player mat.
Choosing faction and player mats are actually a big deal in the game of scythe.
Scythekick has five main tabs.
Offers a repick option if the player doesn t want the random combination or swipe up and down on the images to manually select.
Two new player factions with corresponding player mats miniatures and tokens.
Because of this players should really hone in on making the most of this choosing process.