Century: La Via delle Spezie

GaGarfieldstar2,0

#12 Spielmatte im Dachstock Just too boring to keep. Turning cubes into other cubes and turn them into other cubes to then turn them into other cubes... omg. [c] Theme: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Quite abstract --> Gameplay: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Get cubes, changes cubes for other cubes and VP --> Interaction: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> Artwork: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very nice cards --> Luck: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]If the good cards pop up when it's your turn... --> Strategy: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Little --> Components: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Perfect, and the player mat is a must have --> Play duration: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very fast --> Easy to teach: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very easy --> Rules quality: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Perfect --> Setup time: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very fast --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Plays very quick --> Replay value: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Different cards --> [/c]

Neveststar8,3

This is the best simple engine-builder game I've ever played. There is a theme pasted on, but this is really an abstract game. I feel like this is a strictly better game than Splendor, but it also suffers from one of the same main problems -- it's a game mostly played in silence with very minimal player interaction. You build your engine and I build mine. I might keep an eye on your cubes to make sure you don't get a VP card before me and I might grumble early on when you take a card I wanted for my hand, but the game mostly happens in your own head. Don't get me wrong, it's a very satisfying puzzle and I'm usually happy to play a game of this because it's short and fun, but in general, I prefer something at least a little more socially interactive.

Julistar7,0

- Standard box - Quick game: under 45 mins - Digital version (BGA) - Try digital version - Not interested in buying physical version - Playing by turns online drags the games