The Vale of Eternity Game Review

As a part of our continuing efforts to cover every game in the BoardGameGeek’s list of the top 500, I raised my hand to check out The Vale of Eternity (2023, Renegade Game Studios). The game has a lot of very attractive news and notes on the box: 45-minute play time, a short rulebook, great artwork from a pool of artists and a quick drafting system used to support muggle-friendly, tableau-building mechanics.

I watched a short teach video and got my wife to play The Vale of Eternity the day it arrived on my doorstep. I was curious to see what she thought after that first play.

“I liked it,” she reported in a game that was close right until the eighth and final round of the game. “It was certainly easy to understand, and these cards give it some nice depth.”

This is why I married her—we agree on so many games, even when we come at the result from different perspectives. The Vale of Eternity is a great way to introduce other casual players to a short, open drafting card game where every card is unique.

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