Carpe Diem

GaGarfieldstar2.0

Puzzle game, where you can get really frustrated because someone takes exactly the tile you need, and this can happen several times. No theme at all. And I really don't like the mechanism where the first one on a specific track can choose first what goals he can fulfill and the last one has to take what remains. Another Feld I don't like... [c] Theme: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> Gameplay: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Move, get tiles, place them, nothing else --> Interaction: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Just that others taking tiles you wanted --> Artwork: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Very ugly --> Luck: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Very little --> Strategy: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Try to fulfill target cards, nothing more --> Components: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Nothing special --> Play duration: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]At least it's over very fast --> Easy to teach: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok (25min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Quite fast --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Plays quite fast --> Replay value: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Random placement of tiles --> [/c]

EvEvanstar4.6

In this game players zip around the central board following the lines to collect tiles that get added to your personal board. Completing features produce bonuses, then at the end of the round you place a score marker in an empty space between two cards, and score both cards. If for some reason you don't meet their requirement, you suffer a point penalty instead. At the end of the game you also score points if your features straddle certain row or column lines as dictated by the printed spaces on your starting setup border tiles. There's a little more luck in this game than I'd like. There's a degree of luck in terms of which tiles flip to what sections. Then more in terms with how that lines up with the victory card requirements on display. Then more when you place the secret goal card building, and draw 2 discard 1. There's mitigation in that some buildings produce gold which is a wild resource, and bread, which when you have enough of it, you can just pretend to meet the requirements of a card that you don't meet. It's just that tiles get snatched up so quickly from the pools that it can be difficult to have and then carry out any specific plans. This gets tough additionally when it's often enough penalty to not complete your feature, but then it can also cause you to have to place your scoring marker where suddenly you're getting a penalty because you relied on getting a single chicken tile for example, and none came up in that round. It also can feel a little harsh since scoring order is reliant on a victory points track at the bottom of the board, where the player with the most points gets first pick of scoring space. If someone ahead of you on that track is going for the same space you need, you might just be out of luck in that right as well. Overall I liked the experience of playing the game, it just felt a little too harsh for the kind of experience I look for. The kind of punchyness where there's no ability to really respond to counter-move your opponents, where it can feel like you get slapped twice for each setback. ☆ 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 MATHISstar9.0

Review incoming. We love this one, a light salad point game, playable within 30 minutes (2p) or 40min (3p) once rules ok for all players. And with a really challenging deep proposal. 1 point less for the box artwork that tastes really oldy !