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The meat of the game is how you juggle building your own industry while at the same time trying to rush ahead of your competitors to get most VP points first. Do you enrich some uranium this turn? Or plutonium? When do you take a risk and build more valuable test device? Or play it … Read more

Scoring and Mechanics This is about military power. Religious Influence and Scoring The combination makes Troyes a fun game where you try not to screw up in the end game as points is scored. And it all comes down to each player’s final score in the last round. As each character card are turned over, … Read more

Usually, by the time we get to the end of Caylus it doesn’t feel like a victory lap. After three hours arguing about stone cubes, hoarding resources, and putting down workers, it feels more like an audit. The game is done. It is time to see if any of that work turned into point. Enter … Read more

At some point Keythedral goes from the art of creation to the mathematics of it all. Before this shift, you’ve spent time moving your workers around, bidding for who goes next, building fences, and more. Your cathedral might appear wonderful, a sure win. Looks can be deceiving. In this game, many folks think they has … Read more

It’s not enough to guess strategicaly at what needs doing in the final few minutes of a Snowdonia session; those last few minutes deserve careful record-keeping. You’ve set up your surveyor, cleared out the route, picked up some contract cards you think will score well. Add them all together and you realise that you don’t … Read more

In most board games, a supply eventually runs out, or a player hits some kind of point threshold and that’s it, game over. In Village, somebody dies, and that’s what ends the game. That shift in perspective alter your strategy on every single turn. It’s no longer about simply accumulating points; it’s about managing risk. … Read more

After a round, Fresco’s board appears tidy; however, your scorecard is rarely legible. You’ve bought some paints, placed that pesky bishop, and replaced several tiles, but reading your points doesn’t becomes easy until the final tally. Having an actual scoring device makes sense here, as it explains exactly what caused you to gain/lose points. After … Read more