Build, pray, harvest, meditate and uncover ancient secrets in the snowy mountains.
A focused fantasy strategy game for 1 to 4 players, designed by Philip DuBarry and illustrated by Kerri Aitken.
Lead your mountain village and monastery toward enlightenment while gathering resources, building structures and seeking lost knowledge.
Product Description
Deep in the snowy mountains, ancient scrolls of powerful knowledge have been hidden for centuries. They are not easy to find, and they are protected by mystical beasts. In Snowcrest, you lead a village and monastery as your people work toward enlightenment, peace and prosperity.
You will guide priests, farmers and labourers as they build structures, tend barley fields, harvest juniper, present offerings, meditate and uncover the secrets of a forgotten age. Each turn gives you meaningful choices as you activate villagers, add new villagers to your village, manage resources and decide when to rest.
Cards can be used in different ways, buildings can help produce resources, and the Omen track adds pressure when your village cannot meet certain demands. The result is a thoughtful, focused strategy game with a peaceful mountain theme, but still enough tension to keep everyone watching the table. Little village, big decisions. Very sneaky, this one.
Why you'll love it
- Thoughtful strategy game set in a snowy mountain village
- Lead priests, farmers and labourers toward enlightenment
- Build structures, tend barley fields and harvest juniper
- Present offerings, meditate and uncover ancient scrolls
- Multi-use cards create interesting choices on every turn
- Includes mystical guardians, omens, scrolls and village development
- Can be played solo or with up to 4 players
Quick Details
- Players: 1 to 4
- Recommended Age: 14+
- Game Duration: 15 to 60 minutes
- Listed Game Length: 45 minutes
- Game Type: Board game, strategy game
- Play Style: Competitive, with solo play included
- Rules Difficulty: Moderate
- Concentration: Focused
- Atmosphere: Engaging
- Theme: Fantasy, nature and animals
- Language: English and French
- Game Designer: Philip DuBarry
- Illustrator: Kerri Aitken
- Publisher: Grail Games
Good to Know
- Players lead their own village and monastery.
- On a turn, players choose one main action: activate a villager, add a new villager and activate it, or rest.
- Villager cards can be placed into your village or used as resources when needed.
- Buildings can help provide resources such as Barley, Prayer Bells and Offering Bowls.
- Gold can be used as a wild resource.
- Scroll tokens are worth points and help trigger the end of the game.
- Omens may count against your score if your village cannot meet certain costs or penalties.
- Includes a solitaire variant and a basic rules variant.
- Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.
Contents
- 1 central cloth mat
- 210 resource tokens
- 52 building tiles
- 51 scroll tokens
- 24 omen tokens
- 35 common villager cards
- 12 guardian cards
- 10 achievement cards
- 6 forest cards
- 4 omen tracking tokens
- 4 rest tokens
- 1 start player token
- 4 cloth player mats
- 56 player cards
