The Bottom Line
The Rio Grande Games / Kosmos line of two-player games is filled with winners, and Odin's Ravens is no exception.
Pros
- A fun and exciting 2-player game.
- Numerous decisions to be made.
- More than one way to move forward.
Cons
- Theme is not fully integrated.
Description
- For 2 players, ages 10 and up.
- 30 to 40 minutes.
- Designed by Thorsten Gimmler, published by Rio Grande Games / Kosmos.
Guide Review - Odin's Ravens
Odin has 2 ravens: Hugin and Mugin. In Odin's Ravens, each player controls one of the birds in a race across an ever-changing landscape. The board is actually a series of cards, each picturing two types of landscape.
The game begins with a 9-card track, but that can be lengthened or shortened by the players. To move onto a landscape card, you play a matching card from your hand. Each player has 8 Odin's cards which bestow special powers, and you can build auxiliary decks as the game progresses. On a turn, you play play up to 3 of the 5 cards in your hand and up to 3 from your auxiliary deck.
The first player to reach the last card wins points equal to the distance of his lead; a game lasts several races until someone scores 12 points.
