Regardless of all of the extra stuff, the base game itself is huge, featuring one of the largest boxes that I’ve ever seen. With these expansions in hand, Glorantha: The Gods War supports up to eight players and has several variant modes. The base game itself has an RRP of over a hundred pounds, but the Buildings, Elder Races, Monsters and other expansions (released at the same time) each weigh in at hefty price points, taking the potential total spend to well in excess of £200. In the base game that is under review here, the players receive four highly asymmetric factions based on the followers of the Sky, Storm, Darkness and Chaos Gods.
Initially a Kickstarter that funded several years ago, Glorantha: The Gods War is a huge area control game from Petersen Games, which is based on the Glorantha property, with gameplay that is spiritually similar to Peteron’s existing Cthulhu Wars game. And yet, with the likes of Glorantha: The Gods War, here we are.
When I think about the first few board games I played in the 80’s and early 90’s, it was unthinkable to me that the games I’d be playing in my thirties would cost hundreds and hundreds of pounds, and feature miniatures so large that the word “miniature” becomes highly questionable.
