Faraway (ML)

You have played your card, you hold your breath... and your neighbour grabs from the river right before you: the card you were dreaming of just slipped away! In Faraway, a strategy card game played simultaneously, every choice counts and the order in which you pick changes everything.

Welcome to Alula, a mysterious continent whose geography shifts with the seasons. You explore its regions, meet its inhabitants and list its wonders to earn more fame than your opponents. During the game, you lay out a row of 8 cards in front of you, from left to right: these are the regions you travel through. The characters on those cards earn you victory points if you later meet the conditions they demand. At the end, you walk back the same way and score your cards in the opposite order from the one you played them: that is the whole reverse scoring twist of the game! Each turn, you play one card from your hand of 3, then take a new one from the river of face-up cards. Since everyone plays at the same time, a clever priority system comes into play: being the last to pick leaves you with fewer choices and often less rewarding options for the turns ahead.

Faraway is for you if you enjoy light strategy games where you plan several moves ahead without spending an hour on the rules. You will probably like Faraway if you want a quick game that plays as well with two as with six and makes you want to jump right back in to improve your journey.

Faraway won the As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Initié 2024. If you want to extend the adventure, two expansions exist: People from Below and Under Starry Skies.

The game was designed by Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat, with illustrations by Maxime Morin.

BOX CONTENTS
68 Region cards
45 Sanctuary cards
1 score pad
1 rulebook

Number of players: 2 to 6
Playing time: 25 minutes
Age: 10+