Post by feeleash on Jan 14, 2014 12:41:10 GMT
Höyük is one of these games you can love and play easily. The theme, the gameplay, the choices the games gives you make it a good game. At least this is how we see it. We think that this game should be published quite some time now and here is a good chance to become familiar with this game and give it some space on your table.
Pierre (the designer of the game) is a really nice guy and we contacted him about Höyük. The last months we played the game many times and we sent many copies to several groups in order to collect feedback and see what people think about it. Thankfully all the replies we received had to do with very specific issues of the game: Catastrophe Cards, Tie Brakers, a possible board, and the Height of the Houses.
Following the feedback of the playtesters we fixed few things and we added some new cool stuff too. For example the Catastrophe cards were limited in number and specific on what they do so we decided to expand them a little and creating more in order to add to the game a variety. The most common question was: Why to start a new Block or make bigger and already existed Block since my houses will be destroyed? With few changes and a lot playtesting we changed that without losing the sense of those cards which seem to play a significant role in the game.
We also focused on the number of the players. Therefore we added a 5th player in the game in order to make it more interesting. Now Höyük is a game for 2-5 players and as we noticed the playing time remains on the same levels as with 4 players, meaning about 60 minutes which is a good time. More changed have been applied on Höyük but you will be able to discover them in the upcoming campaign we prepare on Kickstarter.
Höyük will be launched on Kickstarter early on 2014 probably February or March. We cannot give yet specific date. The components of the game have already been listed:
1 Höyük Board (60 x 80cm)
5 Wooden Figurine Pawns
1 Player Marker
125 House Pieces(in 5 colors, 25 per player)
40 Pen Pieces
20 Wooden Shrine Pieces
20 Wooden Oven Pieces
10 Construction Cardboards
12 Catastrophe Cards
50 Aspect Cards (10 for each Aspect Slot)
1 Bilingual Rulebook (EN-GE)
However we hope through our campaign to upgrade the game several times with new components and in that case we will upgrade the components of the game here in order to be known to everyone what the final game will include. We have made some new cool wooden components of our own design which fit perfectly with the game. We have found what we would like to add to the game to make it as good as possible. Still is not definite but we think that the price will be about at $50 for Kickstarter and along with the stretch goals it will be a good chance to collect this game. From the beginning of the new year we will start uploading the final graphics of the game and we really hope you like.
MAGE Company