A dense worker-and-dice economic game where eighteen little keyples run an entire trading island.
Who it's for
Experienced strategy gamers who enjoy heavy economic engines with lots of interlocking decisions to optimize.
Not for you if…
You want something you can teach in five minutes — Keyside's harbour and dice interactions take real time to learn and two hours to play out.
Vibe's take
Weighty and cerebral — every dice roll opens up a web of harbour and worker options, and a full game rewards careful long-term planning over quick instinct.
Keyside drops you on a bustling island of twelve harbours, directing a team of eighteen worker keyples with six dice each round. You steer boats toward harbours, activate the ones that fill up, and put your keyples to work across farms, quarries, markets, and wheat fields over three long years. A heavy, intricate economic game with a lot of moving parts to master.
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Players
Duration
90–120 min
Ages 14+
Complexity
3.9 / 5 — HeavyBGG Rating
5.8/10
Rank #4,795
389 ratings
Published
2025