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In Coimbra, you are facing decisions with a heavy die bag. Do I use this on movement? Coins? Guards? Do I take points? Often times, it’s not just one decision, but six faces looking back at you. It’s less about deciding what to do with it, and more of a stress test for your brain. … Read more

Of all the features in Carcassonne, the one that is most deceptively simple is also the most annoying: the cloister. Looks easy enough, drop a follower down there and then let nature take its course as you wait for eight adjacent tiles to be filled by any legal cardboard thing-a-ma-jiggy. It is nine points total, … Read more

Somewhere around Newton, you stop feeling good about the books on your shelves but bad about the scorecard underneath them. Your scholars is set up and your books are collected, but that total feels hollow because you have treated every tile as if they all weigh the same. It’s about more than just counting books; … Read more

This is Hadara. A four-coin card sit in front of you, across the table. Already, you’ve got three cards of that color on your board. The math is cheap. But don’t you want to think through what would happen if you sold the card? If that moment of hesitation isn’t where you lose the game, … Read more

In Santa Maria most players view dice as a random number generator, but they’re really only half right. It’s true you roll for luck, but you also get to decide which column/row you’ll activate when you do. If you roll well, but hit nothing but blank spots, you might as well have rolled poorly; likewise, … Read more

In Yokohama you look up at the board and see your President trapped on the wrong side of the canal. Your eyes dart from one possible Trading House to another and they all appears to be traps. You pull out a calculator which takes into account friction when moving around. Now you know how many … Read more

Consider this example: In Clans of Caledonia, you’re presented with an export contract requiring two loaves of bread, one mutton, and one wool along with a bonus for the space it sits on. One of these resources is easy, you’ve got your bread. Another isn’t far off, you’ve got your wool. But you’ve got just … Read more