Looot - Pillage and Raid to Become Leader of The Vikings | Kenner Spiel Nominated for 2025 | Casual Strategy Board Game for Kids, Teens, & Adults | Ages 10+ | 2 to 4 Players | 45 Minutes

Excellent game that is easy to learn but has a lot of depth.

Fin yo play easy to tech.

Excellent game that deserves its nomination for the Kennerspiel des Jahres.

Llego de 10!

Fun game, easy to teach which is great for making it appeal for new gamers. I'm shocked and how badly the decision of color was made for this game till teh point that I dont like it to play for that. The sheeps, trees or whatever resource comes in a green background which makes it harder to find what you are building, or better: scan. The boats are really annoying to see, Im young and have my vision in perfect , is not the review from an old man, (though my spirit might be) but everytime we play it with new people its amazing on even non gamers point out the fact that they dont know what they are looking but not because they dont get the game but they dont see easily how they are meeting the criteria to complete each thing in your own board. The theme is so awesome and I would've pay 10 or 15 dollars more happily if the houses were a house and not very similar to a tower and to a tree and to every resource on the game. I have 37 games, like more ones thatn others for different reasons and is the first time I complain about a game having visibility problems. It really would make sense to just make it different color for different tiles of resources.

In Loot you are a Viking, claiming territory on a common board and using it to build up your own fjord by placing matching resources onto your board. String together enough Vikings and you can capture buildings of various types to score points. But there are also trophies to pick up (most sheep, etc.) and a small push-you-luck element in that you can use longships to help you reach your goals but score negative points if you don't complete them by the end of the game. You are trying to maximize your placement and resources and it's a satisfying puzzle for people who like trying to match things in the most optimal way. You might really like it if you are a fan of Calico or Harmonies or Catan, for instance, or of tile-laying games, in general. The components are fine though they aren't going to make you say "wow." They get the job done and do it nicely.

My husband and I loved this game. It's fairly easy to learn, but our personal strategies will take us a while to develop, which is exactly the type of challenge we like in a game. I have no doubt our eleven-year-old will also enjoy the game, though I'm not certain our youngest, who's a few-months-shy of the recommended starting age of ten, will be able to manage the logic. Kids vary on logic skills at this age, so I don't think it's a stretch to recommend it for ten-years-old though. Set-up was easy once we figured it out, but this is the one area of the game we didn't like, since the directions were confusing here. Initially, the manual said to set up three castles in their corresponding spaces, but this didn't work for a two-player game since using the allotted two landscape boards for two players only offers two castle locations, not three. Additionally, one landscape board is missing castle locations on both sides, so that leads us to believe the instructions listed are for four players only. Grabbing the castle-free board (as we did at first) makes the set-up even more confusing for two players. Once we figured that out and that the instructions were likely written poorly for setup, getting the rest of the game laid out for play went smoothly. Fortunately, that was the only area where the instructions were confusing that we could find, and gameplay was easy to pick up from that point. As mentioned, strategy will take time, especially since there are a lot of small rules to memorize that change how we'll want to place our tiles, but that's part of the fun. The quality of the game is also excellent. Everything is well-printed, thick, and appears durable. As a bonus, enough small zip-top plastic bags were included to keep all the pieces separated by category, which makes setup super fast each time. I can't express enough how much I love that. I wish every game publisher followed this example. All-in-all, this is a great game and a lot of fun despite that small confusion. It'll be in my husband's and my regular rotation going forward, especially since games with this type of strategy rarely play as well for two players as they do for more.

The game is fun (will likely top some people's top games of 2024 list) and sufficiently different from the rest in my collection that it will stay around for a while. There is a very slight chess-like feel to it. One word of caution is that, at least for a two-player game, there is the definite opportunity for "take-that" (doing something that will completely cut off your opponent from getting anywhere close to completing their strategy). When playing with the right partner that can be fun, but "take that" games can definitely cause some relationship strife if you're not of the same mindset. Reading through the rules some of the things that you have to do as the game unfolds can feel a bit overwhelming. I recommend watching some videos that play through a couple rounds so that you can see how it unfolds with someone who already understands all of the rules. Components wise, they did a fantastic job with limited exceptions. The viking meeples are fun, and the cardboard chits (and map pieces) are thick and durable. Unfortunately, they didn't put the same effort into the player boards which are super thin and easy to bend if you're not careful with them. They included a great number of baggies (in two sizes) to keep everything organized, but it seemed like they were 2-3 bags short. I ultimately had to mix some pieces together (which I otherwise would have preferred to keep separate). Not a big deal, but just calling it out since it seemed like they were intending to help you out completely.