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Expansion for Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower
Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia
2020
Rules assistance for Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–5 players
- 45–90 min
- 10+
Rules assistant for Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia is an expansion for Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower released in 2020 for 1–5 players, 45–90 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Nikki Valens, Ben Haskett, Ian Zang, Nicholas Yu, Sarah Reed, Will Reed, Anthony Amato, Nicole Kline, and MingYang Lu and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Role Playing.
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About the game
This book contains six bonus encounters, each one created by a special guest designer. These encounters are outside of the main Adventure Tactics campaign, and you can experience them in one of three different ways: • As a one-shot adventure with brand new heroes • As a side-quest with your main party of heroes • As a progressive challenge for brand new heroes -description from publisher
Designers
Publishers
- Maldito Games
- YOKA Games
- Letiman Games
Questions and answers
Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia is 45–90 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Fighting, and Adventure. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Role Playing. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia are: Nikki Valens, Ben Haskett, Ian Zang, Nicholas Yu, Sarah Reed, Will Reed, Anthony Amato, Nicole Kline, and MingYang Lu. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Adventure Tactics: Side Quest Guide Book 1 – Exploring Estellia as an expansion for Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower to use it. Check that your edition of Adventure Tactics: Domianne's Tower is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.