For the heroes to win they’ll need to complete a series of missions before the rather ominously-named Apocalypse track runs its course, or before they’re simply killed off by the Sins player, whatever happens first. The epic confrontation takes place in the town of Haven (see what I mean about religious themes?), represented by a modular board that can be laid out in any manner of different configurations. did not know what we were getting ourselves into … but were we scared starting out? Yessir, and with good reason. Looking back, the four of us in Team F.A.I.T.H. It was Keith’s Kickstarter edition of the game we were using (one of the few in country at the time), and he’d already demo-ed it a few times earlier that day, winning every time as the Sins player. There’s a fair bit of religious imagery in the game, which makes me wonder if it’s a hit down at the local seminary.įalk and I joined forces with Gabe and Sash to play the team of heroes from F.A.I.T.H., while Keith – who we’d just played Puppetland with – took the helm of the forces of Pride. In The Others one player commands the forces of one of the seven deadly sins – Pride, Envy, Wrath, Gluttony, Lust, Sloth and Greed – while up to 4 other players take on the roles of the heroes from the Federal Authority for the Interdiction of Transdimensional Horrors, or F.A.I.T.H. It’s heaps of fun to play, though being fairly heavy on the rules it’s hardly a gateway game – unless that gateway is multidimensional and is letting in all sorts of creeping horrors into our unsuspecting world. With the Kickstarter finished, backers have now received their core set for the game which features all-against-one asymmetrical play, lots of custom dice with pretty fists and shields and tentacles, and some of the most beautifully grotesque minis this side of an H.R. The Others: 7 Sins is the latest tactical miniatures games by CoolMiniOrNot, due to be released later in 2016 or early 2017.
The Others: 7 Sins was the second game that Falk and I played at Gatecon VI after trying out Puppetland, which you can read more about here. Every three months Gatekeeper Games in North Fitzroy holds Gatecon, their popular mini-games convention.