ODIN: Valhallah Rising!

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DrClick
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ODIN: Valhallah Rising!

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In Odin, you want to empty your hand as quickly as possible, sending all your Vikings out into the world.
 
The game lasts several hands, with each hand consisting of one or more rounds. The deck contains cards in six suits, each numbered 1-9, and each player starts with a hand of nine cards.
 
The lead player for the hand lays a single card on the table. The next player either passes (but can play on a future turn) or plays the same number of cards (or one more than that number) with a higher value. When you play two or more cards, the cards must be the same number or color, and the value of these cards is created by placing their digits in order from high to low. For example, if you play a blue 3 and blue 6, their value is 63, not 36. When you play and are not the lead, you must take one of the cards from the previous play into your hand, then discard the rest.
 
Play continues around the table until either a player is out of cards, which ends the round immediately, or all players have passed in succession. In the latter case, discard the last cards played; whoever played these cards lays a single card to start a new round. Alternatively, if the lead player has cards in hand of a single suit or number, they play all of these cards at once to end the hand. When a hand ends, each player scores 1 point for each card they still hold.
If no player has at least 15 points, shuffle the deck and start a new hand. If someone does have 15 or more points, whoever has the fewest points wins.
 
It's a fast-paced game for 2 to 6 players you can all learn in a few minutes through the available amazing tutorial, and available to play right now on our platform by following the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=odin
 
Let's thank the HELVETIQ team for bringing this title to our platform, with the help of the amazing game designers Yohan Goh, Hope S. Hwang and Gary Kim!
Also, we should send our warmest regards to fenadoruk who developed it for Board Game Arena.
The game looks awesome on any device and you can play it well from any device.

That's it for today's release.
What will come next? Can you guess?
Until next week, play fair and take care!
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Earl1846
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Great Game! Thank You! :)
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ufm
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Re: ODIN: Valhallah Rising!

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Typo in the publisher name: HELVETIQ (extra T between L and V should be removed)
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TolkienFan4Ever
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Re: ODIN: Valhallah Rising!

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Really enjoying this ladder climbing/card shedding game. It's one of my favorite genres of games and playing on BGA prompted me to get my own copy so I can play with friends and family on game nights.
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VerminDestroyer
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Stupid Sexy Staffy Flanders
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Lichtsturm
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Cool and quick game, thanks for adding!
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asd123321
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In real we would have some idea how many cards the other person has left. Here we don't.
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fenadoruk
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asd123321 wrote: 07 November 2024, 03:34 In real we would have some idea how many cards the other person has left. Here we don't.
Hi asd123321 and thanks for your comment. You can view the number of cards each player has from the player boards (under profile pictures). If you encounter any issues or have any suggestions, please use BGA's bugs/suggestions feature as it helps development.
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Baleae
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Re: ODIN: Valhallah Rising!

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Odin Tournament, ask an invitattion and join the tournament for minimun 5 games :)
https://boardgamearena.com/tournament?id=337643
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Marqus55
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Does it plays like a scout?
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