Guilds of London

Vesperstar7,0

NeedsToBePlayed

Sergio Botellostar6,9

Ed.Verkami

EvEvanstar4,6

This is an area majorities game, where the trick of things is that each area only scores once a set number of player pieces land in that zone. Then, the leader gets a cool benefit, and 2nd place gets some stuff. The game also gives you benefits for lining up contiguous chains of scored tiles. The iconography is a bit much, it helps to print out some extra player aids from bgg. That being said, this game really stuck in my head. Knowing when to jump into regions, or which player to punch and when, creates a good decision space. The problem is that my playgroup felt like this game gave too many benefits for players who had won previously, so it became points for having points, and the take-that and flip-luck aspects were too much. ★ 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