Era of Tribes

03/04/2026

Hey guys.
Did you already play the new version?
What do you think about the new Variants or Unrest and Moralmarker?
Here is an interesting discussion on BGG relating the Unrest during battles:

This is primarily a clarification if we understood the rule correctly. English rules p. 15 state: "Every UT leaves the province together with the last vassal who leaves the province!" We interpreted this as follows: if a Province has Unrest and there is only 1 vassal in the Province, if

19/11/2025

Nice Interview by "Whose Turn is it anyways".

04/11/2025

As my games did not make it to Essen this year, I got the idea for a new game:

Race to Essen
You are board game publishers racing to get your shipments safely to Germany before the "Essen Spiel" begins. You win together if every train arrives on time. But if even one is delayed... you all lose.

Every action you take costs precious time. Plan carefully — the player who manages their schedule best will be the most victorious.

Will you cooperate to ensure everyone succeeds?
Or will you throw obstacles in each other’s way to gain an edge?

And beware: shame and ridicule await the one who makes it to Essen alone while their colleagues are left stranded in the rain.
(Yes — if you’re the only one whose shipment arrives on time, you’ve actually lost the hardest!)

follow on gamefound:
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/arne-lorenz/race-for-essen

22/10/2025

So close. But still to far.
Anyone able to kidnap my container?

For now it is in customs.
Which can take 5 minutes or......5 days...

16/10/2025

Hey guys,

We’ve got some exciting news – and a few challenges still ahead:

🎯 Charity Auction
At SPIEL Essen, we’ll be auctioning off a Mega All-In package of Era of Tribes for a good cause — all proceeds go to the Kinderhospiz Löwenherz.
If you’re at the convention, visit our booth at 3N500 and join the auction – every bid counts and helps support an amazing organization! - and please tell your friends!! ❤️

📦 Shipping & Current Situation
Global fulfillment is on its way, but things are taking a bit longer than expected — our container is currently stuck in Belarus.
Do you want to cheer along with me?
Here is the tracking of the container:
http://onlineworld.com.cn/ #/noLogin?keyword=XAGU6016606
We’re hoping that some games might make it to Essen, but if not, we’ll offer discounted worldwide shipping so you can still get your copy soon.
Please understand that we prioritized faster transport for the Essen copies.
Those will be more expensive than during the campaign, but we’re confident that the main fulfillment will be completed before Christmas.

💬 A Small Favor
Please visit our BoardGameGeek page and support Era of Tribes with a like, comment, or rating:
👉 https://boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/78/spiel-essen-25-preview?q=era%20of%20tribes

11/10/2025

Preparing Certificates for the limited MegaAll-In Edition.
Congrats to those of you that managed to get one during the campaign. All 100 sold!

In Essen I will make an auction for a good cause where you can get a copy with a special certificate with the number 000.
All money will go to childrens hospice Löwenherz. No minimum, no maximum. Please step by and make your offer so we can donate a lot of money!

Booth 3N500.

Maybe it will be the only copy available due to border traffic - The train was waiting 10 days at border China Casachstan, then made a rush to Brest in Belarus. Hopefully will be changing gauge and crossing the border like Speedy Gonzales.
Please hold your fingers crossed.

Have a great weekend and meet you in Essen ;-)

27/09/2025

Hey guys.
I need help with the polish translations.
On the pic you can see the polish version of the "Sequence of a round".
Please help me find the mistakes and bad translations. I made the translation with chatgpt and DeepL, but as I do not speak any polish, I am not able to find everything bad. I tried with back and forth translation, but it does not help in every case.
So please have a look and write me the mistakes to [email protected]
I want to print them next week ;-)

here are the translations:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iCJqCHamyp8QKaCiIW9ugjNOh9ST4xv7?usp=sharing

Cześć wszystkim.
Potrzebuję pomocy przy tłumaczeniu na język polski.
Na zdjęciu widać polską wersję „Sekwencji rundy”.
Proszę o pomoc w znalezieniu błędów i złych tłumaczeń. Tłumaczenie wykonałem za pomocą chatgpt i DeepL, ale ponieważ nie znam języka polskiego, nie jestem w stanie znaleźć wszystkich błędów. Próbowałem tłumaczyć w obie strony, ale nie zawsze to pomaga.
Proszę więc o sprawdzenie i przesłanie mi błędów na adres [email protected]
Chcę je wydrukować w przyszłym tygodniu ;-)

Oto tłumaczenia:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iCJqCHamyp8QKaCiIW9ugjNOh9ST4xv7?usp=sharing

18/09/2025

Final copy of the game arrived.
Yeeaaaahhh I am pleased 😉
Adding pictures in the comments during unboxing!
Edit:
Aaaaall the stuff on the table on second pic...on a table tennis plate....

01/09/2025

Interesting question which - I have to admit - is not clearly answered in the rules. What rule do you guys use?
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Hey Arne, been a while!

I've gotten this game back to the table this summer and having loads of fun!

However, we our group did have a question on rules interpretation of the Norsemen ability:

Quote:
Each player can be plundered once per round.
:Unquote

Does this mean that the Norsemen are allowed one attempt at plundering per player?

Or does it mean that they can have as many attempts as possible against each player (limited by fleets next to that player), but they are only allowed to have a single successful plunder?

Hey Arne, been a while! I've gotten this game back to the table this summer and having loads of fun! However, we our group did have a question on rules interpretation of the Norsemen ability: Each player can be plundered once per round. Does this mean that the Norsemen