Interesting asymmetric board game.

The game is very tactically in-depth and adorable

First of all - I enjoyed the game and had a good time playing it. Probably because I was winning all the time once I figured out how to run rings around the AI.

I can't recommend it before they fix the god-awful AI. It's litterally unable to play the game in any meaningful way - especially as anything but the cats.

The Eagles constantly doesn't use it's eagle cards for building nests, but on other stuff. And then uses the coloured cards for building where it can't, going into turmoil. It uses two coloured cards in a turn, when it doesn't have to - going into turmoil.
As the Woodland Alliance all you need to do is stay close to the eagles, they'll use so many cards on moving that you'll win in short order.
The Eagles also constantly leave their nests undefended, while moving massive forces into areas it can't do a thing in. Before going into turmoil.
The Eagles basically only have a chance IF they start as the vulture - with the build in all places option.

Just sad to see that the devs haven't done anytthing to fix this.

The vagabond ♥♥♥♥♥ around, trading cards for stuff - just to have to immediately discard the stuff it got, because it's used the bag to trade for whatever and doesn't have any space.
It uses it's crossbow to kill single units in areas with no buildings. Earning no points. And never uses it's special ability to repair three things as the fox. BUT if it has any hammers and damaged equipment, it'll stick around in an empty clearing fixing one item each turn and NOTHING else (unless there happens to be a quest there).

The Woodland Alliance almost always spends it's first points getting sympathy in a three unit province, costing more and saving nothing for a possible rebellion next turn. It ♥♥♥♥♥ arouns for turns after turn, getting nowhere (unless it happens to be next to the eagles, in which case it usually gets a lot of points from the moving back and forth).
Once it has a base, it spends all it's card getting generals and stacking several units in one clearing (usually because a neighbouring clearing has a lot of units, but the WA shouldn't care about that stuff, it wins points on spreading sympathy, not turtling).

The cats basically work as a turtle that want to craft a lot of points, which isn't all that bad, but it's too easy to outplay them once you know this.
They only send one or two units on attack missions, because they want to turtle. Instead of the three units that would give them the most punch. And they first aid every single dead unit, instead of saving cards for big important losses.
They love wasting cards on making more wood, when they have no use for it. Especially throwing out cards like destroy all or ambush on this stuff.
And when they move, they just move one unit here and unit there (making sympathy for the WA). The cats should focus on establishing a strong defensive line across like three provinces, but the AI doesn't know this and just go willy-nilly, making doomstacks here and there that do nothing.


Amd none of the AI beeline for the destroy all clearings of one colour, once they have them. Spending the cards on ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around.


This is on all difficulties mind you. And all the scenarios. I haven't bought the dlc's because I can't support a game where the game part doesn't really work. It's beautiful though - and I've only come across a few bugs, mainly to do with the rollback feature.

Also don't ask people for their save games to see this stuff. Just play one game and you'll see the jank and horrible AI in action.