Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘AlderQuest’ Mixes Area Control and Match-3 Gameplay for Strategic Family-Friendly Fun

An innovative game of tactics and tile placement for 1–4 players, pairing area control with a unique match-3 economy.

Rock Manor Games has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for their newest offering, AlderQuest. AlderQuest is an innovative and modular game about animal guilds competing to become Preservers of the Realm through a series of seasonal contests. The first coincides with winter’s arrival — a race to collect acorns. AlderQuest offers an unprecedented blend of familiar mechanics (area control, tile placement, bluffing, match-3) with an uncommon depth of strategy, in a charming head-to-head package. The game’s delightful setting should make it a family-friendly favorite.

For the base pledge of $34 (plus shipping), you get a pretty significant game set, including two boards, 88 cards, and the 3D tree. For $5 more, you can add the already-developed expansion pack, and the campaign has a number of stretch goals up their sleeve that should add even more depth and replayability to an already robust game.