Tabletopia Scythe

Tabletopia Scythe is a digital version of Scythe, a 4X board game for 1–5 players set in an alternate-history 1920s, a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. Players represent characters from one of five factions of Eastern Europa, competing to earn their fortune and claim their faction’s stake in the land around the mysterious Factory. A game takes 1.5–2 hours, and is intended for ages 16 and up.

Claim the land

You conquer territory, enlist recruits, gather resources, gain villagers, build structures and activate monstrous mechs. Each player starts with different resources—strength, victory points, movement capabilities and popularity—as well as a choice of faction-specific abilities and a hidden goal. Starting positions are calibrated to reinforce each faction’s distinct character and the game’s asymmetry.

Choices and conflict

Scythe gives players almost complete control over their fate. The only elements of luck are the encounter cards drawn when exploring new lands and interacting with their citizens, and combat cards, which provide a temporary boost. Combat is decided by player choices rather than luck or randomness. Although players can engage in direct conflict, no one is eliminated, and units cannot be killed or destroyed.

Build your engine

The game uses a streamlined action-selection system without rounds or phases, keeping turns moving and reducing downtime. You can upgrade actions to make them more efficient, build structures to improve your position on the map, enlist recruits to enhance character abilities, activate mechs to deter opponents from invading, and expand your borders to collect more types and quantities of resources. These improvements build momentum and progress, while the order in which players develop their engines gives each game a different feel, even when the same faction is played more than once.