Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Secretly assign Vikings to resource sites or rival forts, resolve strength-card battles, send losers to hospital, and build the richest fortress.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Secret Unit Deployment
Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
Action Queue
Place actions into an ordered queue that resolves now or on later turns.
Read the full game description
Eketorp is a family-weight Viking contest built around simultaneous planning and cheerful conflict. At the start of a round, new wooden building materials appear at central sites. Every player secretly assigns Vikings to those resources—or directly to a rival fortress—then all placements are revealed together. When groups collide, players commit strength cards to decide the fight. Winners claim blocks or steal from exposed walls, while defeated Vikings recover in the hospital rather than disappearing permanently. That recycling keeps everyone involved and makes an aggressive raid costly without being devastating. The later Queen Games edition adds polished components and a clear circular layout, but the core tension remains simple: predict where the table is going, send enough strength to win, and avoid wasting warriors where nobody else goes.
