Stonemaier Games Charterstone Board Game, Ages 14+

This is a legacy game. It changes every time it is played, and you need to play it with the same people each time - for each of the 10 or so rounds that make up the game. Each session is a couple of hours so it is an investment.It is a complex game, so not designed for beginners to modern board games. BUT we found it straightforward to play. You open, you read the first card, you do what it says (Remember to read ALL the card!) And you are off! Cards get written on, stickers added, rules updated. There are some fun quirks as you go through but I won't spoil any.Once the game has been played with all the way through, you are left with a unique board game that is completely playable. Ours was a bit unbalanced, though, and playing for the short term can lead to long term replayability being a little unbalanced. But we enjoyed it and played it every week, at least one session a weekend, if not two; until it was done.

great fun with a well made and thought out strategy game. The winner is never obvious .In Charterstone, a competitive legacy game, you construct buildings and populate a shared village. Building stickers are permanently added to the game board and become action spaces for any player to use. Therefore, you start off with simple choices and few workers, but soon you have a bustling village with dozens of possible actions. The game never gets boring and is very pretty to look at. It's a great game if you like worker placement games such as Carcassonne.

I have friends into many different boards games who pick up rules very quickly and easily. We've so played our first game (of the 12 that make up the main story).What I would say is, unless one of the group had already played through it on their own, this already knowing all thr rules to come, you MUST have a patient group, prepared to absorb new rules intermittently and also pause and wait for the "admin" to be undertaken and not rush, less stuff gets missed (and there is a fair amount in this game!).On retrospect, I imagine this is more the reason for the 14+ rating than anything difficult in the game.I like what I've experienced so far, which I appreciate is little and confident I will enjoy the full experience and playing the "full" game post story in future.

Arrived in ok condition but 2 of the charter chests had mild crush damage in one corner. That didn't affect gameplay at all, and the game itself is super fun. Avoid spoilers at all costs

Charterstone is unusual in that you don't need to begin by reading the rulebook, as the game naturally leads players through the core concepts during play. It's really good fun, and the high quality of the materials adds to this. I'd definitely recommend having some adhesive labels, because writing on the board is difficult with seemingly any pen.

Excellent game, easy to learn as you learn as you play, the legacy gameplay is amazing as you unlock and discover things while you play, would 100% recommend as a first legacy game for anyone!

Well made, very fun and looks amazing. Having lots of fun playing this.

Playing the 12 game campaign now. Fantastic quality. My daughter is really enjoying the game.