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Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 14:01
by BalGAmor
Orkney Islands, Northern Scotland, 5 thousand years ago.
Puts on a Scottish accent…
A hardy group o’ lass and lassies, farmers and hunters built a thriving wee community. Instead o’ throwing away their empty shells, broken tools, bones, and other scraps, they used them tae build big mounds o’ earth over hundreds o’ years.
Scottish accent off…
The aim of
Skara Brae is to gather various resources to feed, clothe, and shelter the growing number of settlers. Over 4 rounds, consisting of 3 turns each, you draft cards and use your workers to furnish, cook, craft, clean, and trade. At the end of each round, you need to provide for your settlers and will likely create more midden that needs to be cleaned up.
At the end of all 4 Rounds, BGA will add up your Victory Points to determine a winner.
Build wisely, feed your folk, and keep the midden under control. From humble huts to a bustling village, every choice shapes your story in Skara Brae.
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=skarabrae
It is finally allowed to play this game here thanks to
Shem Phillips, the game designer, and everyone at
Garphill Games. BGA wouldn’t be what it is without the talent of people like
Victoria_La, so thank you for porting this game to the platform.
This was your Wednesday release.
Keep your pile of dirt clean, take care and play fair…
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 14:14
by PhilJoyce
Happy to see a game based on Scotland, but that would be 'lads and lassies' or 'laddies and lassies'

Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 14:20
by PlainSimpleSisko
Wow! Such a great game from a great game company. I don't watch the beta forums often enough or I would have already been playing this. Total surprise (to me), BGA!
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 14:23
by Nekonyancer
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 14:29
by andyhre
ok, so 5,000 years ago I suspect the Orkney island were Pictish, if anything. The Scotti didn't move from Ireland until about 1,500 years ago and the Norse probably got there before Scots.
/yes, I am being THAT GUY, sorry/
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 14:40
by Celticus
quando tornerete a mettere giochi interessanti?
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 15:16
by Ertt
gran juego y gran adaptacion.
funciona perfecto en multi como en solitario!!!
mil gracias por el juego.
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 16:10
by ArkMeeple
Amazing game!
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 16:36
by AmassGamesYouTube
I went to Skara Brae because of this game! 400+ pages where board games are named after! Turkmenistan this month!
Re: Skara Brae: The Great Scottish Midden Off
Posted: 04 March 2026, 16:44
by PuertoGeeko84
Celticus wrote: ↑04 March 2026, 14:40
quando tornerete a mettere giochi interessanti?
interessanti per te?