Pegasus Press Village Board Game

An excellent game. Plenty of strategy and tactics, with no dice throwing luck element. There are at least 4 alternative ways to amass victory points, so fun to try out different approaches and see which combination works best. Keeping an eye on what your opponents are planning, and trying to snooker their plans, adds interest. The most novel and fascinating feature is the way that your workforce gradually ages. Planning strategically which worker to kill off next to gain additional victory points and avoid the indignity of an umarked grave, without scuppering all your plans for that part of the board, is an interesting conundrum. It is a game that entertains myself as well as my 8 and 10 year old boys, who coped fine with it once the rules were explained to them. My only minor criticism is that a few of the graphics on the board are a little difficult to understand at first. For reference, we also enjoy games like Lords of Water Deep, Pandemic, Lewis and Clark, Stone Age, Puerto Rico, Race for the Galaxy and it provides a broadly similar level of complexity and interest.

The game of killing your family for fun and profit. It came as quite a surprise to learn that "time management" doesn't mean keeping everyone alive as long as possible, but creatively killing people off at the time that makes them famous. Those of a Christian persuasion love that every round ends up with a mass. Trying to stay alive forever by hiding in the black bag of invisibility and never quite getting to actually go to church is enjoyed more by the Secular. I've yet to fully understand it, but I'm looking forward to working on that.

This is an excellent board game where you need to make many strategic choices from the options available, whilst being aware that your characters are aging and that you need to prepare them for entry into the village`s chronicle when they `pass on`. Planning the demise of youre characters is not really painful providing that by the time they go they have visited places, earned money and achieved things - all of which will earn you valuable victory points! There is a random element built into the game which means that variety is guaranteed between games. Anyone who likes Agricola will probably enjoy this. The pieces, board etc are all well made and attractive. I have only played this as a two person game but it works well and would I think be even better with three or four people. Well worth the money.

Amazing game! A game where you're trying to get members of your family to participate in different life events that will eventually get them in the village chronicle for their achievements. The theme of the game is felt on your every move, when you're racing against time to make the most of your family member's abilities. With plenty of different ways to gain points, each game feels different, giving it a lot of replayability. Although there's a point of luck, it is mostly based on skill and strategies. One of my favourite games and highly recommendable to anyone looking for a game with a bit of meatiness to it.

A really lovely game. Pretty components (though it is mildly annoying that you need to stick on the numbers on your pieces yourself from a sticker sheet provided). The game has a lovely variety of options to pursue and slots into the Worker placement style of boardgame. The added mechanic of your people dying is quite fun too. I played this with both old veteran boardgamers and newbies and both found it equally accessible and intriguing. Also it doesnt take an epic length of time. Recommended.

I loved this game to start with, very nice idea, mechanics, with 'time' causing you to kill off your family members, which can be worth points if done correctly. Lovely art and aesthetics.The only issue is the game presents a lot of choice, but I have found that to win there is one way of playing worth much more point-wise than the others, which is disappointing in a game I really would like to play more of.

this game is really good, it came with no damage and I am very happy with this purchase.

I'm kind of uncertain about Village. It's got a lot of pieces and a lot of rules, but as of the third play through, I still haven't got any major ideas about winning strategies. It's a fun way to spend an evening, but it's no Catan contender. If you like the aesthetic, consider also Agricola, which has a more robust game mechanism.