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Skyward
Year
2017
Players
2–4
Play time
45min
Min age
12+
Weight
2.00
BGG rating
6.53
BGG rank
#7018
Best with
2

Owned by

Michael Redlich

Local copies

Rating: ★ 6.0

Board game

Skyward

Designed by Brendan Evans

MeepleMates notes for Skyward

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  • Skyward is available as a public board game page on MeepleMates for group planning and collection tracking.
  • Best with 2 player according to player poll data.
  • BoardGameGeek average rating 6.53 and BGG rank #7018.
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  • Recommended player counts include 3.
Skyward is a strategy card drafting game of control versus opportunity for 2-4 players. After generations of turmoil, the four factions have finally put their differences aside to work together for a better tomorrow. As a commitment to this alliance, the world's first airborne city, named Skyward, is to be built above the intersecting borders of the four realms. Tasked with building this new city, you and other cultural luminaries vie for control by becoming the Warden, and ultimately declared "Founder of Skyward". In Skyward, the Warden deals cards from the central deck and splits them into piles however they see fit. Each player chooses a pile, providing them with buildings and resources. However, being the Warden is a double edged sword. While you wield the power of the split, everyone else gets to choose first, leaving you with the remaining pile. Skyward is played over several rounds. Each round starts with The Split, followed by individual player turns. The goal of the game is to launch a combination of buildings that yield the most Victory Points. The end game is triggered when any player launches their 6th building or the central deck is emptied. Complete the current round as you would normally, then complete one final split. The player with the most Victory Points wins the game.

Categories

Card Game

Mechanics

Hand ManagementSet CollectionOpen DraftingI Cut, You Choose

Best with how many players

1
Not rec.
2
Best
3
Recommended
4
Not rec.
4+
Not rec.

Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

Moderate in-game text(2 of 2 votes)

Videos

YouTube6

Instructional6

BoardGameGeek12

Review6

Session1

Instructional1

Interview1

Other3

External data

No Wikidata data is stored for this game yet. If the scheduled enrichment has run recently, Wikidata probably has no BGG mapping for it.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 09/23/2026.

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