Summary
This quick card game is for 2 to 4 players. The premise of the game is that each player is a goblin mechanic (because goblins are obviously mechanically inclined). Each player starts with the same amount of cards that are placed in a draw pile. These cards allow the player to create a Machine, basically [...]
In this game players take on the role of managing a network of power, a power grid if you will (sorry). The board consists of a map of the USA or Germany. Cities are placed throughout the map and are connected by lines that have distance values. Players must purchase hubs on [...]
Gamasutra has an article about the Essen International Game Day, in Essen, Germany. They say it is the largest board game event in the world. They profile some new games that came out during the event like Galaxy Trucker.
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Ranked number one at boardgamegeek.com, Puerto Rico is basically a game of economics. There is no killing, major conflicts, or much interaction between the players (in terms of mechanics) in the game. Everyone is allowed to do the same actions and may choose how to foster their economy independently.
The premise is that you are a [...]
Mechanics
Lost cities is a turn-based card game. There are five colors of cards. Each set of colors has four start cards and nine number cards that have the values 2-10.