Games like Avianos?

[Daneela]

Holy ♥♥♥♥ this game is incredible. I was doing the metanarrative, skimming through games to find the next clue, stumbled upon this game. "This game looks really bad, but it could be a lead" i thought. Ended up playing a full match of it and am now absolutely loving my time with the postgame challenges. How is this game stuck with such an unassuming icon on this 50 game collection? I really need a fully fledged sequel to this, or maybe someone has suggestions for similar games?

[Codester]

totally agree. when i booted it up i thought i would bounce off it because i wasn't in the mood for a strategy game, but i ended up playing the whole round, figuring out how the game works and was hooked. it's my most played game right now and i'm on trial 3.

it's vaguely like...civilization, i guess? or risk or something? but there has to be a game that's even more similar than those.

[WanderingHero]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147860/discussions/0/4852155320351244065/

[KDR_11k]

The worship choice mechanic with the different actions for each dino feels very much like a modern boardgame. Scythe looks like it shares some elements?

[PlantMurderer]

Just cherried the game this morning, what a blast!

I think I got lucky with my initial positioning because Trial 4 and 5 were substantially easier for me than the previous 3.

[Anolise]

The praying mechanic reminded me of Cyclades, a game where you have to get the favor of the gods in order to perform actions like recruiting and moving armies. But the action sequences themselves are very similar to Root where you perform birdsong/daylight/evening actions on your turn. I don't think there's anything exactly like Avianos, it is an original game from a designer who clearly has a lot of experience with board games.

[Anolise]

Jon Perry is the one who made most of the board gamey titles in the collection (Avianos/Party House/etc), look him up on BoardGameGeek if you want to see his past work.

[ziggy_]

Reminded me of playing a campaign as lizardmen in Total War: Warhammer II haha
Like you have the macro 'board' view with your turns and then the semi-real time battles that play out when you engage... dunno i just got vibes

[АlphaWhelp]

It reminds me of M.U.L.E. though it's a completely different genre it's got some of the same ideas. I recommend looking up the Atari 800 version. The other versions changed some things that I didn't like.

[mingyjongo]

I do not know exactly what you mean by skimming through games to find clues. What clues??

[Daneela]

Originally posted by mingyjongo:

I do not know exactly what you mean by skimming through games to find clues. What clues??

i don't know, but GREG-MILK might

[mingyjongo]

ahh, I am familiar with the name. OK, down the rabbit hole I go. I did find the code for a *super secret* Game(?) early on by messing with the LIST command

[blob]

Originally posted by Anolise:

Jon Perry is the one who made most of the board gamey titles in the collection (Avianos/Party House/etc), look him up on BoardGameGeek if you want to see his past work.

Oh of course, he made Time Baron with Derek Yu. Great game too!

[CluelessWonder8]

I played a 4x game that looked like this, similar map view, similar visible resources, similar territory capture style, about ~30 years ago, on a friend's Amiga. Which is far enough back, (and I didn't even own it) that I don't remember the name at all. It was, I think, medieval themed.

Have you tried the Dominions game series (here on Steam)? The series is up to #6 now, I believe, and looks/plays fairly similarly I think.

[Tursmo]

Originally posted by PlantMurderer:

Just cherried the game this morning, what a blast!

I think I got lucky with my initial positioning because Trial 4 and 5 were substantially easier for me than the previous 3.

Trial 4 and 5 are interesting, cause I think it randomizes the actions per god (and randomizes again every game?). And maybe the AI is not very good at using them or you were good at using them, but it really shakes up the gameplay. Sometimes you get insane auto-synergies, sometimes your regular tactic breaks because your bone-generator and spell-user are on different gods

[Yuga-Suggah]

Yeah honestly this is a board game. If I were you, maybe look at Spirit Island the steam version. Great game with none of the set up.