Las Tabernas de Valfonda

GaGarfieldstar4,0

Nice, but it's just a multiplayer solitaire. [c] Theme: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Gameplay: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]A litte bit too repetitive --> Interaction: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]None --> Artwork: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Luck: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Dice rolling and deck drawing --> Strategy: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Not really --> Components: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Nothing special --> Play duration: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Far too long for what it is --> Easy to teach: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]ok --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Simultaneous gameplay possible --> Replay value: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Not much I can think of --> [/c]

EvEvanstar4,6

We played the first recommended setup, so like many dominion-esque deck builders, what we saw might not have been the game's full potential. In fact, this is a very interesting take on a deckbuilder. Essentially you have a highly modular player board, with lots of action areas that can receive upgrades by paying however many dollars and flipping that piece of board over to it's improved side. These improvements persist round to round. Your basic capacity to draw cards from your deck is three, but can be increased once by upgrading that part of your board, and then more by purchasing more "table" cards, each table card can hold one additional card. Then, most cards you purchase over the course of the game click into one side of your board or the other, enhancing the matching action space for the round they make it into play. Since these cards don't use tables, they effectively don't count against the size of your deck, which is very clever again. Unfortunately, what this leads to is boom and bust turns. If your top three cards are ones that occupy your tables, you might have nothing doing on for you that round. The next round, you might get a huge string of extra cards and put out most of your deck, but even then you might get a bust turn as the other half of being able to use any of these cards is a dice drafting phase where to use an action you need to get a die of the exact matching value needed. I think ultimately this would be forgivable if the design didn't fall down a little when it gets to scoring. Despite all the really solid innovation this game has over dominion in a similar deckbuilding genre type of game, what you do ultimately is still buy silvers, and buy provinces, and the provinces are high vp cards, but clog your deck. it's just a little disappointing that at the end of all these interesting ideas, we're still clicking back to a dominion feeling. ★ 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

Alexandre MATHISstar8,0

Un très bon choix pour amateurs de jeux déjà un peu plus "complexes", un léger cran au dessus des Charlatans. Avec des dés (donc du hasard inévitable). Une sorte de TRES FUTé en jeu de plateau. Notre avis ultra illustré comme toujours : https://www.adayagame.fr/famille/349-test-du-jeu-les-tavernes-de-la-vallee-profonde-bon-comme-la-biere