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Valheim: The Board Game
2025
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- 1–4 players
- 60–120 min
- 12+
- Complexity 2.8/5
For 1 player
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Valheim: The Board Game is a board game released in 2025 for 1–4 players, 60–120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Ole Steiness and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, and Cooperative Game.
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About the game
Valheim is a co-operative board game in which survival depends on teamwork and strategy. Gather your fellow companions and venture forward to explore, build, collect resources, forge weapons, equip sturdy armor, battle enemies, and carve your path towards facing the ultimate evil. Take on a role in which you help tailor the adventure to your liking. The fate of everyone lies in your hands! Your objective is to summon and defeat the Forsaken, but you will need to prepare before facing the challenge. To get ready, you’ll need to gather materials and craft gear, upgrade your house, and defend yourself against creatures while doing so. Every session of Valheim is featured around a unique mission. Each features a map layout, a story introduction, a mission objective, and a few guidelines. To summon the Forsaken and progress to the endgame, you will need to complete the objective. If you fail to do so, you lose. There is an option to play “campaign mode,” where you progress through a series of scenarios, or to design your own scenarios.
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- MeepleBR
- MOOD Publishing
Questions and answers
Valheim: The Board Game supports 1–4 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 Valheim: The Board Game is 60–120 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 Valheim: The Board Game for ages 12 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.
Valheim: The Board Game has a complexity rating of 2.8 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Valheim: The Board Game belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Video Game Theme, and Exploration. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, and Cooperative Game. 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 Valheim: The Board Game are: Ole Steiness. 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 Valheim: The Board Game as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.