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Post-Apocalyptic ‘The 5th Land’ Lands on Kickstarter

Jan 21, 2015

An unusual Euro-style take on a post-apocalyptic future just recently launched on Kickstarter. The 5th Land, from newcomers Prime Alien Watch Squad, is a mashup of resource management and wargaming set in a world in which the ice caps have melted. You can currently pledge early bird support and receive the game at the $50 level. The 5th Land project runs through March 2nd.

The announcement:

Today, Golden Ratio announced The 5th Land, a Resource Management & Wargame hybrid, with very easy to learn rules (5 minutes) where the players take the
lead of one of the 5 main alliances that have formed in the future and must race to be the first to control 5 lands on the map.

A winning strategy will require players to build alliances, backstab, accumulate resources and ultimately fight each other on the field (militarily) and on the world markets (financially).

The game takes place on a hexagon tiled map, with the special characteristic of being able to be setup in 11’664 different map permutations, thus assuring always a different map and always a different experience.

The 5th Land is for 2 to 5 players, ages 10 and older and takes approximately 20-40 minutes to play.

It includes 10 MegaTiles which consist of Land and Sea tiles each one with a different combination of resources; 5 Player sets, each with a Supply Card, 20 Wooden Meeples, 10 Wooden Sea Units, 10 Wooden Air Units; a World Market Board; 70 paper Money Notes; 16 Neutral Wooden Meeples; 20 Plastic Markers 3 Dice (D6,D12,D20) and a RuleBook.

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