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Scales of Fate

Move every demigod. Protect only two. In a duel where good strategy leaves fingerprints, the strongest plan is the one your rival cannot read.

Bluffing Deduction Hidden Roles

Players

2

Play time

30 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.29/5

Rating

8.15

Easier to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.3/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 5.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 2.0/5

Player-count sensitive

Strategic depth 4.3/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.8/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 5 min
Teach time About 5 min
Table footprint Medium
Campaign commitment No campaign
Recommended edition Scales of Fate – IV Studio Standard English Edition (2025)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Guide two hidden demigods through three ages, manipulate shared renown, and read your rival before the final identities are revealed.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Scales of Fate condenses social deduction into a tense head-to-head strategy duel. Both players secretly control two of the nine demigods on a shared renown track—possibly even overlapping on the same figure—then spend three ages moving every demigod, resolving quests, placing servants, and timing one-use god powers. Your own pair scores for the pattern of renown they create, but the opponent can earn a major deduction bonus by identifying them, so an efficient move is never automatically a safe move. Every action must advance a hidden agenda while remaining plausible for several others. The compact thirty-minute arc escalates cleanly from positioning to brinkmanship, and the final reveal rewards both careful arithmetic and the ability to recognize which pieces your opponent protected, sacrificed, or used as camouflage.

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Category

2

Mechanism

2

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Scales of Fate – IV Studio Standard English Edition (2025) 2025 English IV Studio / international

Game and edition data

All specifications (18)

Play and group

Players
2
Play time
30 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.3/5
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 5 min
Teach time
About 5 min
Teardown time
About 5 min
Table footprint
Medium

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
No campaign
Group continuity
Flexible
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
Scales of Fate – IV Studio Standard English Edition (2025)
Language
English
Region
international
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard
Current edition
Yes
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

3
Max Anderson Zac Dixon Austin Harrison

Artists

1
Harry Conway

Publishers

1
IV Studio