Champions of Midgard (2015) – Accessibility Teardown
by Michael Heron on 20/07/2019 in Accessibility Teardown, Board Game Accessibility
Table of Contents
- Version Reviewed
- Introduction
- Colour Blindness
- Visual Accessibility
- Cognitive Accessibility
- Emotional Accessibility
- Physical Accessibility
- Socioeconomic Accessibility
- Communication
- Intersectional Accessibility
- Conclusion
Game Details
Name
Champions of Midgard (2015)
Review
Meeple Like Us
Complexity
Medium [2.59]
BGG Rank
106 [7.77]
Player Count
2-4
Designer(s)
Ole Steiness
Buy it!
Amazon Link
Version Reviewed
English first edition
Introduction
Champions of Midgard didn’t exactly get our blood boiling with berserker rage. Fundamentally it’s a version of Lords of Waterdeep that sacrifices the nuance and intricacy of an evolving cityscape for the uncertainty of dice rolls. It’s competent but there are so many excellent worker placement games out there that it’s reasonable for consumers to demand more. That said, it’s in the BGG Top 100 at the time of writing and so clearly the consensus of hobbyists is considerably warmer than the rather icy perception I have of it. We gave it three stars in our review. It’s basically okay!
As usual though, we shouldn’t spend too much time talking about its merits as a game – not here. Here we have other monsters to battle – the sinister draugr revetments of [...]