Scythe Banned Combos (2024)

FAQs

How does scythe game work? ›

Scythe uses a streamlined action-selection mechanism (no rounds or phases) to keep gameplay moving at a brisk pace and reduce downtime between turns. While there is plenty of direct conflict for players who seek it, there is no player elimination. Every part of Scythe has an aspect of engine-building to it.

STARTING PLAYER: The player with the lowest number in the label on their Player Mat will go first. Play proceeds clockwise from there.

Some games are more combat heavy, some are more production heavy, others are more exploration heavy. Sometimes you focus on gaining power, other times you focus on popularity, other times you might want to build all your mechs quickly. Scythe is a great choice for those that like heavier board games.

The average reader, reading at a speed of 300 WPM, would take 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Scythe by Neal Shusterman. As an Amazon Associate, How Long to Read earns from qualifying purchases. Thank you for helping to keep this site running! Check it out on Amazon! Listen to the audiobook on Audible!

You may take actions that result in negative popularity (although your tracker can't drop below zero), but you may not take any actions that "cost" popularity. In your example, yes, you may attack a hex with a worker on it because the drop in popularity is a result of your action. Your popularity would remain at zero.

Scythe - Two player rules modifications

It is dynamic, strategic, beautiful and fun. It works well to play with two players. With the Automa mechanics you can play solo or in a two person game add more players. This page though is created to modify the game to be more fun for just two players.

Neal Schusterman's Scythe is a novel set in a dystopian future where disease, war, crime, and poverty are all things of the past. While such a world may seem ideal, there is a downside: the danger of overpopulation through lack of natural deaths.

The novel ends with a page from Citra's journal as the newly renamed Scythe Anastasia. She tells of a rumor that there is someone seeking out corrupt scythes and killing them with fire. Although not an ordained scythe, the public is calling him Scythe Lucifer.

To do well in this game, one should focus on earning stars quickly by accomplishing various tasks while attempting to control many territories. There are seven factions (5 in base game and 2 in the Invaders from Afar expansion) in Scythe, and they all have unique clan and mech abilities.

End-Game Variant: When a player places their 6th star, their turn immediately ends, and each other player may take one final turn. However, those players may not take Move actions.

How long does a game of Scythe take? ›

Scythe (1-5 players, 115 minutes) is a board game set in an alternate-history 1920s period.

Earn coins based on your position on the popularity track for every two resources you control. Earn extra coins based on the structures you have placed according to the structure bonus tile. You do not need to control these structures. After calculating your coins, the player with the most coins wins the game.

If one of your military units (character or mech) moves into a territory controlled by a military unit of another faction, its movement ends and you will engage that faction into combat at the end of your moves.

Keep an eye on opponents and steal from them if you ca – keep a Mech on your best resources and be wary of an attack there. Don't put your workers on tunnels unless you have to. Have 5 workers but try to have them in little groups rather than spread out across 5 hexes. Get the speed mech out early in the game.