The Boldest
And the Beautiful-est
Designer: Sophia Waqner I Artist: Max Prentis
The Boldest can easily put some of the prettiest board games to shame. Its calm, and at first glance understated, art style reveals impressively intricate details the more you look, and tells the story of the game better than any rulebook exposition ever could. This is a story of adventures, of venturing into the forest to defeat mysterious monsters and find precious items and artefacts.
Adventuring in the world of The Boldest is reserved for the best(est) – which, in this case, means strength in numbers. Only the biggest party earns a spot on the expedition and therefore gets to enjoy its spoils. Players, under the cover of screens, select adventurers of the same type and assign them to one of the three expeditions. Once all the choices have been allocated, the type of parties and their number are revealed, and the player who has the most cards in each category heads into the forest (a grid of cards offering a variety of victory points) to collect the rewards.