In this game, the dragon represent power, but it’s also an endless clock. Each turn is a month in your reign over an empire where politics shift, disasters strike, and taxes are due. The board gets wild fast, creating a frantic pace. Once you’re actualy playing, it can be hard to keep up with where … Read more

And that’s it, the final round in Quadropolis is all about scoring. After three phases of tile stacking, energy management, and haggling over who gets to live where, you’re finally down to the final round and staring at a combination of harbors, parks, and towers. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume … Read more

Suburbia’s last turn isn’t so much calculated as it is a heart attack. You look down at your board with your finger poised just above the population marker… What are my income streams? How can I support this without going beyond the red line penalty? That’s when the game go from creative city planning to … Read more

For example, you drop a big six-hundred-square-foot tile down and realize your castle is architecturally terrible. Your doorways don’t line up. Because you didn’t realize how much it mattered to avoid placing corridors in the wrong spots, those negative hall cost you points every time you pass them. The calculator does the math for you, … Read more

Village Green isn’t so much about having the most gorgeous garden as it is about tallying your score without losing your mind. After three rounds of playing cards (and moving pavilions over ponds, and arranging columns of red flowers along rows for award points), it’s finally time to find out whether two misplaced trees will … Read more

Stone Age separates the good from the great, and it reveals your bad habits in final round. It’s time to play out all the cards and fill the board. Now comes the part where you have to score everything and face reality. Scoring isn’t as simple as tabulating points based off buildings you constructed; it’s … Read more

In Notre Dame de Paris, choosing to drop a marker on the final sector are more than just dropping a piece; it’s making a statement about your overall game plan. It’s about triggering a cascade of scoring events that could either cement your lead or hand the initiative to someone else. Or how do I … Read more