After playing 100 games on BGA, I've come to the conclusion that this is an excellent game. It's a lot less solitaire than it appears, and the game has some strange and surprising nuances that appear once you really KNOW all the cards. In a world full of "take and make" games, this is one of the very best.
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Villagers - Kickstarter edition
Each player is in charge of populating a new village, with the aim of becoming the most prosperous. The game revolves around a central "road" of cards. In the draw phase, players take a number of villager cards into their hand from the road, equal to the amount of food their village produces. This is followed by a build phase in which cards can be played from a players' hand into their village.
Cards are played in stacks, starting with basic resource producing cards such as the Lumberjack, Miner, or Hayer, who can each support two stacks of related industries. These businesses generate income which is converted to coins each time there is a market day. At the end of the third market day, scores are totalled and the winner decided. Special villager cards allow for crafty strategic play, and certain villagers produce tools and equipment that others need, allowing you to profit from what your opponents build.
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| BARCODE: | 4002051691400 |
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Each player is in charge of populating a new village, with the aim of becoming the most prosperous. The game revolves around a central "road" of cards. In the draw phase, players take a number of villager cards into their hand from the road, equal to the amount of food their village produces. This is followed by a build phase in which cards can be played from a players' hand into their village.
Cards are played in stacks, starting with basic resource producing cards such as the Lumberjack, Miner, or Hayer, who can each support two stacks of related industries. These businesses generate income which is converted to coins each time there is a market day. At the end of the third market day, scores are totalled and the winner decided. Special villager cards allow for crafty strategic play, and certain villagers produce tools and equipment that others need, allowing you to profit from what your opponents build.
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| BARCODE: | 4002051691400 |
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THE most beautiful game I own. It's so wonderfully designed, both from a gameplay perspective and a storage one. It contains all that is required to play a 2 player game, 3 or more players, and has a solo variant. If you buy one game this year, make it Villagers.
Juego muy divertido y no muy complicado de entender. He jugado en mayor medida en solitario y es un vicio. Me parece muy buen automa, que unas veces te gana de una forma muy humillante y otras es al contrario.
I joined the kickstarter for this game because it looked like a Euro style game that I would enjoy. A few friends and family played it with me, and they aren't normally board game people, but we all had a great time. The mechanics were solid, not overly complex, and deep. Solid game, and I'm very impressed with it.
I have played this multiple times with varying amounts of people, and every single game is full of laughter and strategy!
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