Die Tore der Welt: Das Kartenspiel (2012)

About this game

Die Tore der Welt: Das Kartenspiel, a card game version of World Without End, takes the basic mechanism of the big game and breaks it down to a game with 90 cards. Each turn an event card is flipped that defines available player actions. Players collect stone, cloth, piety and medical knowledge to score victory points. The game is played over two chapters, and each chapter is played in 12 rounds. At the end of each chapter, players have to meet certain requirements which are not exactly known beforehand to avoid negative points. The player with the most victory points wins.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 2.2/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.