Renegade Game Studios 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle - Raiders of The North Sea - Conquest, 26 x 19 inches, Features Art from The Critically Acclaimed Board Game, Raiders of The North Sea, Age 10 & Up

One my favorite games. It looks a bit daunting at first with the many different pieces, but its quick to pick up. The quality is above average and the metal coins add a substantial feel to the game. Looking forward to trying out the expansions.

My 30 year old son loves the game ;) Great Bday gift!

Very good game. Worker placement with collection to pay for viking raids. Played it today with one other person it was really great. I would like to play it again with more players and see how it works. I have already kickstarted the 2 expansions for this game.

We are rather avid gamers and love this game. It combines deck building and resource gathering to obtain victory points, and allows both mature strategists and beginning gamers a chance to be successful.

Great worker placement Boardgame, not too complex with depth. Great components! Love the metal coins and board.

Really fun game. Decent quality components. Easy to learn. Amazon shipping odd getting worse and worse though. The shipping box was damaged as was every item in the box.

As with most worker placement games, this one takes a while to explain everything. However, once you get into the game, it’s a surprise hit. My friends keep asking me to bring it back. This is unique among worker placement games because you only ever have one worker. You place that worker, take that action, then pick up another worker and take that action. It’s a really fun mechanic. There’s a few different paths to victory, so the game has never felt stale. You get a lot of game in a surprisingly small box, and all the materials are high quality. Definitely one of the better purchases I’ve made.

This game is unique and very fun to play. Will be looking into some expansions soon.

Raiders of the North Sea is a worker placement with clever mechanics that is all about looking at what needs to be accomplished in order to win. To win players need to gather victory points by conquering locations, trading in loot for victory points, and sacrificing their Vikings to Valkyrie for a glorious death. The game works by having players place their Viking worker on a space in order to do an action, but then follows this up with the player needing to remove a worker from the board and obtaining another action. This works phenomenally as players are always able to do something on their turn with the only issue being the order of play. Some players may want to gather income first before recruiting, except the income area already has a worker placed by a previous player. The game plays rather quickly as a four player game can end in an hour. The different ways players can obtain victory points can help them turn the tide in their favor. Great game that is fast with pieces that make a person think it is a kickstarter release as money are metal coins, and a lot of wooden bits for gold, Valkyries, livestock, and ore.

Granted, this is a good game in the sense that it’s easy to learn and teach and is about as simple a euro-style, worker placement game as you’re going to get... ...and admittedly it’s fun... BUT! It suffers from some major issues. I’m going to have to compare this to Lords of Waterdeep which, as of this writing, is actually $33 and this is $35. Even if LoWD was selling for $40 or $45 I’d say go with that LONG before you get this (unless this is going for $25 or so). So, you’ve watched videos on YouTube on how to play and read other reviews here that explain it. But how is it, really? The experience that is. Pros - as stated previously, it’s VERY easy to learn and teach. It almost a “filler” kind of game to me but with the length of the game sort of over shooting that mark. But yeah, it’s that simple. It’s a beautiful game, great artwork and production quality (the coins are metal!). While simple, it does have some strategy to it. Cons - it felt like it was missing two things to me, choice and combat. The village choices didn’t seem “chunky” enough and the selection is limited. LoWD KILLS this game in that respect allowing players to add more options to the board during play. Also, when it came to “raiding” I felt I was doing it wrong the first time because it was so anticlimactic. Have the Viking and the provisions required? Done. You “raided”. Collect your loot. It felt like there should have been SOMEthing to denote a battle of some kind. Sure your Vikings have strength values, sure your roll upnto two red dice...but these are just to determine how many victory points you’re going to get for the raid. Vikings have strength but don’t use it in actual battle?? Hmmm. This one really is a no brainer - MUCH better worker placement games out there and for the same price! This one has its little elements (place a worker, remove a worker) but it’s boring compared to a game like Lords of Waterdeep. UPDATE! So, we’ve pulled this game out now a few times since my original review and I’ve upgraded it to 3 stars instead of 2. Since my original post, many expansions have become available for this base game that have done an effective job of making it “better”. However, you’ll need to invest in those expansions to get there, obviously. It’s also a legitimate turnoff for many people who don’t want to have to buy expansions to make an “ok” game better. They want something good -great right out of the box! I don’t blame them! Plenty of those games out there. But, I did want to say the game has grown over time and coincidentally, with the numerous expansions to choose from, you can grow with it. In essence, you can scale the game to your liking by adding an expansion to it.