Unstable Games Casting Shadows Board Game – Turn-Based Fantasy Strategy Game for 2-4 Players, Ages 12 and Up – 30-60 Minute Gameplay from the Creators of Unstable Unicorns and Here to Slay

13 reviews for Unstable Games Casting Shadows Board Game – Turn-Based Fantasy Strategy Game for 2-4 Players, Ages 12 and Up – 30-60 Minute Gameplay from the Creators of Unstable Unicorns and Here to Slay

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   Z – January 25, 2026

   Fun board game, printing on cards is high quality
   Fun board game to play with a group of friends. The character pieces it comes with are colored wood cutouts, they do sell actual miniatures though to improve the immersion of the game. The game isn’t super complicated to play so you can play it with family as well. The print quality of the cards is very nice too, and the artwork on them is visually appealing. The cards feel a bit thicker than typical playing cards, and they fit in standard sized card sleeves if you prefer to sleeve them. However, if you sleeve them they will not fit in the box compartment any more as that compartment is just deep enough to hold the unsleeved cards.

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   Jake – January 25, 2026

   Very fun
   Very fun expansion pack. Super easy to add into the base game, makes it more interesting, and allows for new strategies. Great game all in all

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   Julie Louise – January 25, 2026

   Fun expansion
   I love these games so much! The art work always impressed me and I adore the newly added characters.

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   Raknus – January 25, 2026

   Nice game
   The game was really fun, excellent for a night with friends, it has great design.

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   Jade Ball – January 25, 2026

   great game
   Loved this game! I want to get the expansions for it too.

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   TheRuneRoller – January 25, 2026

   Good game! Needs more
   I should begin this by saying that the vast majority of this review is from a perspective of a strategy-lover when it comes to game. The following will be my review of it outside of my issues with game design as it pertains to strategy.It is a very fun game. The only thing holding it back is that there really isn’t enough content. It needs expansion to be a particularly re-playable game; specifically it needs more spells, and perhaps a way to play with more shadow companions throughout the game.The rest is my various complaints about how the board limits variable playstyles and simplifies the play of the game without actually being simple to play.I like the hex idea, it’s very cool and works well with dealing with ranges of spells, but it is simply *too small.* At any point in the game, you are one hex (two if you’re lucky) away from being blasted with spells, which is a gap easily closed by opponents. There is no positional strategy. This removes the possibility of having multiple optimal playstyles, which REALLY limits the amount of fun you can have playing the game, especially if you want to have fun outside of just playing to win. The most effective and seemingly only effective way to win is to get high-damage, or consistent, mid-damage spells as fast as possible, and then use them on your opponents whenever you can. I hate this, because whether you can even get either is very luck-dependent, and if one person gets a good spell early, there’s no easy or cheap way to avoid being hit, outside of trying to give the person reasons why they shouldn’t destroy you, which is not strategic ability, rather social ability, which does not really fit the genre of game, nor even the game itself. Thus, the game feels as though it was intended to be played on a larger board, one in which you could run away. In fact, I would almost recommend you figure out a way to play the game on a Catan board, as the size would lend itself much better to maneuvering outside of spell ranges and allowing for more variation in how the game plays out, which leads to a generally more fun game overall, because a game in which you can predict 90% of how it will play out is generally not that fun a game. (If you do do this, I would recommend buffing the damage of close range spells a little to help with balancing.)My only other issue with the game is that with the limited playstyles, the gameplan becomes to straightforward, while the actual rules of the game are anything but straightforward. With all the complexities of turns and all the pieces, you can actually become completely overwhelmed with options, despite knowing the exact most optimal move. It becomes frustrating to play in that regard sometimes.My overall opinion of the game is that it’s a very good, fun base game, it just needs some adjustments and expansion to be one of my favorites of all time. Four stars.

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   Sara – January 25, 2026

   Such a fun game!
   I absolutely love playing this game it is so fun! Takes about 45ish minutes to play and was pretty easy to learn but we totally watched videos on how to learn to play for us we are better at watching a play than reading how to play but that’s just our learning style. Pace is fun we have only done two player and still enjoy it. Good quality pieces and cards and cute design of everything.

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   Luis Carlos – January 25, 2026

   Muy divertido
   Excelente juego

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   Oliver Gorges – January 25, 2026

   I have played the base game with my friends many times and the expansion adds a nice new twist to the game and allows us to play with more people. so if you like the base game, this expansion just make it better 😀

10. 

    Elfi Lehr – January 25, 2026

    Geschenk

11. 

    david – January 25, 2026

    Excelente. Llegó en tiempo y forma, todo completo. De las dos expansiones, a mi parecer, es la que da más jugabilidad, pero ambas son buenas.

12. 

    MariDis – January 25, 2026

    Another excellent game from a very good gaming team.totally worth buy !

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    david – January 25, 2026

    Es uno de los mejores juegos de unstable games, la mecánica de recursos funciona muy bien, así como aprovechar el terreno. Aunque sólo con el juego base, se siente que falta estrategia. Recomiendo al menos una de las dos expansiones para hacerlo más interesante. De igual forma, el hexágono que permite evitar daño, me parece no tan buena idea incluirlo, ya que puede provocar que un jugador esté mucho tiempo ahí.