Power Grid deluxe

MeMestremutenstar9,0

Rating: 4/5 Production value: 4/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 1/1

EvEvanstar3,5

I like the look of this version. The plastic money chips look cheaper in photographs than they actually feel in-game. They have little impressions on them of the denominations, which is nice. I like that game handles 6 players, but it's odd that no matter if you have 5 or 6, you still close off two portions of the board when you play. Odd because, I've never seen a game close off any portions of the board when you are playing with the max players. I guess it adds some replayability? The game has three phases, but Phase 2 can sometimes never happen or only last 1 turn, which seems odd. The last two turns can be very slow as players calculate their moves out. ★ Art, Iconography and components functional ★ Clever or interesting mechanisms ☆ Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players ★ Multiple plays stay interesting ★ Low or mitigatable luck elements ★☆☆☆☆ Raw enjoyment