BGG rank #474 · 2021

The Great Wall

The Great Wall (2021) is #474 in the BoardGameGeek Top 1000: 1–4 players, 120–180 min, ages 13+. Designed by Kamil 'Sanex' Cieśla, Robert Plesowicz, Łukasz Włodarczyk.

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Year: 2021
Players: 1–4
Play time: 120–180 min
Age: 13+

About the game

The Great Wall is a new asymmetric worker/soldier placement game with engine building themes and a twist in form of a constantly attacking AI (Mongolian Horde) that requires players to sometimes cooperate in order to defeat it.

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Mechanics

Area Majority / Influence Command Cards Cooperative Game Income Investment Secret Unit Deployment Solo / Solitaire Game Turn Order: Claim Action Worker Placement Worker Placement, Different Worker Types

Designers

Kamil 'Sanex' CieślaRobert PlesowiczŁukasz Włodarczyk

Artists

Piotr Gacek

Publishers

Awaken Realms, Albi, CrowD Games, Delta Vision Publishing, Korea Boardgames, Maldito Games, YOKA Games

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