Reply: The Castles of Burgundy:: General:: Re: Will my group enjoy this game
by dkeisenThe dice can be annoying if they go very much not your way. Otherwise, the dice luck seems very manageable as a way to drive you to take certain actions over others, but not an overwhelming...
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by nate_lockhartSunmachine wrote:Obviously that's impossible to answer, so more specifically, based on the following, is my group *likely* to enjoy this gamme. We now favour low luck based, deeper...
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by asmiles It's an excellent game with relatively low luck.The dice are indicators. You roll a 2 and a 5, you can buy something from bin 2 or bin 5. Or build something on space 2 or space 5. You roll...
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by Sunmachine Incredible - so many thoughtful replies in such a short space of time. Thanks so much. Tzolkin is definitely our current favourite but with several replies here saying they love both I...
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by Thunkdnate_lockhart wrote:1) You can manipulate the dice result using workers2) You can acquire estate tiles that give your rolls more flexibility. 3) Most importantly - there is very little in this...
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by danamark You will not enjoy the first game, ours went for 5 hours, mainly because of having to re-lookup those ICONS over and over from the rulebook. Download one of those cheat sheets found in the...
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by FalzirThunkd wrote:There is also a dynamic tension in the game where you have to decide... a) Do you place tiles in spots that extend your reach, giving you access to more spaces and thus making...
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: Rules:: Re: Tiebreaker in different language...
by rcann4jtr Hi, so I understand from this thread that if players are tied in points, the first tie-breaker is whoever has the MOST empty spaces on their board. This assumes the "Official" rules are...
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by aniagaSunmachine wrote:Incredible - so many thoughtful replies in such a short space of time. Thanks so much. Tzolkin is definitely our current favourite but with several replies here saying they...
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by KelanenSunmachine wrote:Might I also ask what other games of this ilk might be worth checking out? Troyes, Bora Bora and Macao are all diced based, but not luck ruled, and heavy strategy games.Alien...
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by dkeisenaniaga wrote:Sunmachine wrote:Incredible - so many thoughtful replies in such a short space of time. Thanks so much. Tzolkin is definitely our current favourite but with several replies here...
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: Rules:: Re: Tiebreaker in different language...
by Falzirrcann4jtr wrote:This came up during game #36934 on BoiteAJeux.net (an excellent implementation of the game, btw!). In that case, the win was given to the player who went later in turn order at...
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by Thunkddkeisen wrote:But that does not mean that Bora Bora is a good game. Castles of Burgundy has a nice coherence to it where your actions are simple and fit together well to build something. Bora...
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by Great Danercann4jtr wrote:A) Does anyone know of an official source (Mr. Feld or otherwise) that indicates whether the winner is the one who went later in turn order at the beginning vs at the end...
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Review: The Castles of Burgundy:: Does this Eclipse and Terra Mystica fanboy...
by Richard Hills Yes.One of my earlier reviews, of Terra Mystica, compared that game to Eclipse. I will follow a similar comparative approach here.1. An abstract quality that the games share is that...
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by RiderPestilence Burgundy has quickly become one if my favorite games. The way the various buildings work can lead to some big turns!
View ArticleReply: The Castles of Burgundy:: Rules:: Re: Who starts each phase
by Morlow Ok thanks! We have definitely been playing wrong there. We just assumed whoever won the dice roll at the beginning of the game went first every phase. We didn't know that turn order carried...
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by lfisherSo you like it or not?I should have read the first word.
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by willsargent Nice review. I like the way you focussed on pure mechanic comparisons - gave me a good feel for how the three compare in play.
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