They have always walked the world of Iwari. Never again have they embodied its spirit and shaped its lands. They are the guardians of the land. Five Titans who make the cosmos breathe. On Iwari, there are no teeming masses, no continent-wide civilisations. Humanity is in its infancy, living in scattered tribes in the forest, tundra and desert. We have now left our ancestral lands to explore the vast uncharted regions, meet other tribes and exchange knowledge, culture and wisdom. On our journey, we all live in harmony with the Titans, and although they are far away from us, they decide our fate. And yet, we are the only ones who do not know if they created us, or if we created them.
In the game, players use cards for two different actions: 1) Place tents and expand their settlements in five different regions on the game board and score points in each territory. 2) Build natural totems to link up with the Titans by placing them on regions and score points according to the totem majorities in adjacent territories. During the game, players can complete missions that grant small advantages and score points by having a majority of tents in each territory after the end of the first card cycle. At the end of the game, the majority of tents will be counted again, as well as the majorities of natural totems in two adjacent regions and settlements that players have created (i.e. four or more tents in an unbroken sequence along one of the board's roads).
Iwari reimagines Michael Schacht's award-winning Web of Power by adding new layers of strategy, tribal player boards, different cards with their own set of rules, and modules that can be added to the game.
Iwari funded on the Kickstarter platform
Iwari was funded on the Crowdfunding Kickstarter (See the campaign) platform on the Mar 21, 2019, the campaign lasted 16 days. 5,428 people helped funded the game, whose the amount requested was €30,000.00. Thanks to these 5,428 people the game could be funded up to €389,552.00, ~1,298.51%.
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Contents of the box : 5 Game Aid Cards, 1 Double-sided Game Board (map), 40 Totems, 105 Tents, 1 Double-sided Scoreboard, 12 Territory Score Markers, 4 Mountains, 5 Double-sided Bridge Tokens, 57 Biome Cards, 1 Totem Connection Score Marker, 6 Exploits, 1 Set of Rules.
