When you hear the word Viking, what comes to mind? Did it invoke images and thoughts of Norse gods, two-handed axes, berserkers, or some thorn-head team out of Minnesota? I'm not going to lie that those are some of the first things that came into my mind. Did explorers or Lief Erikson come to mind? I mean, he should. Lief is thought of as the first to set foot in North America 500 years before other Europeans.
We're all out here living our ordinary lives. Day by day, the sun rises on our respective horizons. Each dawn bringing new opportunities, new challenges, new experiences. The call to adventure isn't always glamorous. Sometimes the act of getting out of bed is enough to push destiny in a new direction. Yet it's that pull toward greatness that we crave, the crossing of the threshold to reach new heights, ordeals overcome, a transformation before the sun truly sets.
In Concordia, players control a Roman dynasty aiming to solidify their foothold in the map's given territories. Through the use of cards, players will complete certain actions: moving their colonists and constructing houses; producing goods or collecting Sesterii (money); placing new colonists or collecting Sesterii; selling goods for Sesterii; and so on. All of these actions are done through the use of starting cards that each player receives. As the game progresses, though, players will begin to purchase other cards for their deck.