# Blood Rage: 5th Player Expansion

## General Info
- **Year Published**: 2015
- **BGG Rating**: 8.1
- **BGG Rank**: —
- **Players**: 5 (Best with: 5)
- **Duration**: 60-90 min
- **Weight**: 2.72 / 5
- **Designers**: Eric M. Lang
- **Artists**: Adrian Smith
- **Publishers**: asmodee, CMON Global Limited, Cool Mini Or Not, CrowD Games, Delta Vision Publishing, Edge Entertainment, Galápagos Jogos, Geekach LLC, Guillotine Games, Rexhry
- **Categories**: Expansion for Base-game, Fantasy, Miniatures, Mythology, Wargame
- **Mechanics**: Area Majority / Influence, Open Drafting

## Verdict
If you love Blood Rage and want an extra seat at the table, the 5th Player expansion delivers.More player slotsNew detailed miniaturesExtra useful cardsRequires base gameCard translation may be missingRECOMMENDED

## Description
The Blood Rage 5th Player Expansion brings the fearsome Ram clan into the fray for the nine realms. Inside you’ll find eight warrior miniatures in two different sculpts, a leader figure, a ship, the clan sheet, a plastic glory marker, four cardboard clan tokens, eleven small colored bases and two large colored bases – enough to flood your table with Viking miniatures. The headline feature is the ability to play with five people; the board is already set up to support this by simply not destroying any province at the start, avoiding an early Ragnarok. Because more players need more cards, the box adds 24 "Gods' Gifts" cards (eight per Age), all marked with the "5+ players" prerequisite. Most are extra copies of base‑game cards, but there are new ones like the "Widespread!" quest, which requires you to dominate any two provinces of your choice. Core mechanics – Area Majority/Influence and Open Drafting – stay unchanged, so the tension of territorial control and strategic drafting remains as fierce as ever. With a BGG weight of 2.7 the rules are easy to pick up yet still offer depth for veterans. If you love brutal combat, Viking tribes, and the race for glory, this expansion simply adds more seats at the table and more chances to fight for honor. Keep in mind you still need the Blood Rage base game, and you may need a translated card sheet if you don’t read English.

## FAQ
### How many players does the expansion support?
It allows the game to be played with five participants, keeping the same flow as the base game.

### Do I need to own the base game?
Yes, the expansion only works together with the original Blood Rage.

### Are there new rules introduced?
No new rules are added; it simply supplies components and cards to accommodate a fifth player.

### What’s new in the cards?
Besides extra copies of existing cards, there’s a new quest called "Widespread!" that requires you to dominate two provinces.

### Does the playtime increase significantly?
Typical games run 60–90 minutes, about the same as the base game.

### Do I need a translation for the cards?
The cards are in English; if you don’t read English you might need to find a translated sheet.

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