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Paper Tales [EN]

PAPER TALES
2-5 players - 12+ - 45 min
Design: Masato Uesugi
Art: Christine Alcouffe
Published by Stronghold Games

In Paper Tales, you play the role of a mighty Kingdom ruler in a medieval-fantastic universe. And you only are driven by one ambition… Have the Legend of your Kingdom enter History !

During the game, you draft and deploy Unit cards that define your Kingdom. You should select them for their specific abilities, regarding both your goals and resources.


Some of them are particularly skilled at waging war against your neighbours. Others produce the resources that you need for constructing powerful buildings. All bring their own abilities to help you earn Legend Points in one way or another. It is up to you to build the best combinations out of the differents powers brought by the Unit cards. And All that depends on your strategy… and on your finances.

However, Units are threatened by the passing of time and end up dying of old age. You have to anticipate their vanishing and to replace them cleverly, either to pursue your strategy or to opt for new orientation and development options.

Luckily enough, the Buildings that you construct in your Kingdom can withstand the test of time. Used in synergy with your Unit cards, these Buildings are able to support your strategy in the long run.






A short game, with tough choices

Paper Tales is a fast paced, dynamic game. With only 4 game turns, a game plays in half an hour. Each turn, players perform their actions simultaneously. The games system guarantees a short game length with no downtime, whatever the number of players (2 to 5). But you will constantly have to face crucial dilemmas.

Each turn, you are drafting 5 new Unit cards, that you are then free to play or discard. However, your Kingdom can only feature 4 Units at a given point of time. This forces you to choose between keeping the Units that you already have in play or replace some by the ones that you just drafted. Unless you use some drafting opportunities to grab the cards that are most useful to your opponents.

Your Units can live for two turns, before having to be discarded. Even the most powerful combinations will not last forever and you always have to recruit your Units wisely to renew your strategy. Throughout the game you are constantly forced to adapt to the context and to the Units that are currently available to you. Sometimes it will more profitable to discard a Unit already in play before it would have to die in order to jump earlier into a new more rewarding strategy.

Buildings do not suffer from aging and play an important role in the path that you will choose during a game. They each provide two development levels, unlocking abilities able to clearly orient and support your strategy. However, you can only construct one Building each turn at most, and each new one gets more and more expansive. Having several Buildings increases your possibilities, but concentrating on one or two can sometimes allow to get the best benefits out of them.