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Winning points in Puerto Rico feels a bit like doing an audit. There are chips everywhere on the board. Buildings are all laid out in front of you with numbers printed on top of them. Rows of colonists wait to be placed, each one occupying some large building that looks harmless enough until you realize … Read more
By this time, you’ve established a network of cities throughout the map. It’s an impressive web of wires connecting your towns to their power plant. On board, it look cool. However, when you go to grab some resources to ensure lights stay on, your hand comes up empty. That’s what happens in the classic Power … Read more
Half the game in Gaia Project is spent constructing an efficient engine. You transform QIC into ore into colonization. Your planet transition from gray rock to lush Gaia worlds. Then it’s the last round. There are so many research tracks, tiles, and token on the board. Keeping track of victory points seem like a hard … Read more
After three hours of shuffling pawns, settling territory disputes, and jockeying for influence over various cults, the board is a confusing maze of interlocking structures and disputed tiles. And now… it’s time for the thing we all hate: final scoring. In Terra Mystica Fire and Ice, points aren’t awarded for sheer number of buildings. Points … Read more
With the Carcassonne: Traders & Builders expansion, Carcassonne transforms from a spatial puzzle game into an economic strategy contest where you must manage not only placement of tiles, but also time and supply chains. The calculator handles the arithmetic so you can focus on the tactical implications. Instead of doing math in your head, the … Read more
At the conclusion of a lengthy Caverna session, after all has been said and done, someone eventually wins, but the counting process can be a tedious chore that drags out the victory lap… And minds often wander as players tally everything up. All those resources is strewn about the table alongside half-baked plans, and players … Read more
Seven Wonders is a frustrating game to play, in that someone might hit you with a powerful military move while you’re building science sets and suddenly it’s all falling apart. Maybe you think you did everything right, but the score tells a different story. Leaders become a wild card that can ruin an otherwise calm … Read more
