2
15-30
6+Description
“Soulaween” is the liveliest festival at Death School! The name comes from the school’s proverb, “Soul to win,” which means claiming victory by reaping souls. Legend has it that long ago, an accident occurred at Death School causing souls to flee and scatter in chaos. The teachers and students turned it into a race, competing to see who could recollect souls the fastest and solve the crisis in the realm of death. This year, Papa Death, Osiris, Hei & Bai Wuchang, along with their trainees, converge at “Soulaween,” where Teacher Vulture acts as judge, ready to engage in a rivalry of “reaping souls”…!
“Soulaween” is a 2-player board game with simple yet tricky rules and variable player powers. During the game, each player assumes the role of a trainee of a death god whose goal is to reap the fleeing souls by “putting” and “flipping” soul pieces. The first player to collect 3 sets of souls wins “Soulaween”!
Game Flow
The game begins with the player who is wearing a sweater lately, and then proceeds in the following order:
- Put
Take a Soul Piece from the supply and put it into an empty cell on the Mat. You can decide which side you’d like the Piece to face up.
- Flip (Soul Transformation)
Flip the Pieces that are adjacent (vertically and horizontally, but not diagonally) to the Piece you just put on the Mat.
- Reap (Reaping Souls)
After “Flip”, if there’s a chain of 4 Pieces with the same side facing up (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally), remove the chain from the Mat, return the 4 Pieces back to the supply, and take 1 Token as a mark of having reaped 1 set of souls.
Players take turns and repeat the steps above. The first player to collect 3 Tokens wins the game!
Sounds easy, right? However, to win the game, you may find yourself engaging in a lot of abstract and strategic thinking! In addition, there are 3 characters to choose from, each with unique powers, making the game even more tricky!
Contents
Soulaween
- Material: Paper, wood, and microfiber
Soulaween: the Little Girl
- Material: Paper
Reviews
- Tabletop Games Blog
– Soulaween (Saturday Review) - Cardboard East
– Top 10 Finds from the Taipei Game Show - Cardboard East
– #28 Soulaween (2019) - La Gaceta de los Tableros
– Reseña Soulaween - MŁODY GIERCOWNIK
– Recenzja gry planszowej Soulaween - The Opinionated Gamers
– Soulaween (蒐靈祭) - For 2 Players
– Soulaween. Recenzja gry od Play With Us Design
FREE DEMO
- Try the game for free on Board Game Arena: https://en.boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=soulaween
- Try the game for free on Tabletop Simulator (you must own the app on Steam in order to play the game): https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2691873391
