Gates of Delirium

The play is light enough not to stress out family, the gimmick intrigues every time, the board control is just enough to keep this from being really basic set collection, and about the only thing everyone hates is the production. The cards seriously suck, especially the portal cards: they aren't perfectly square, they don't shuffle well, and they stick too easy to some tables. The score tracker is too small for tokens! Outside of the production, this game has done well with literally everyone I've ever shown it to, and the theme is more exciting than Splendor. I'm a fan.

Theme & Immersion - 2 Cost vs Quality - 2 Ease of Use - 1 Enjoyable - 2 Teachable - 2 OVERALL TOTAL - 9/10

Mm 11/20 Theme 3 aesth 3 replay 2 length 3 ease 3 tact/strat 3 Comp 3 score 2 set collection 3 area majority 2

Solid set collection area control game with some neat mechanics and a nicely played out theme. Really like the duality of the sane/insane mechanic and the decision space created by it. Keeper

Gates of Delirium is a welcomed competitive Lovecraftian-themed game in an ocean of cooperatives. Beautiful artwork and fluid mechanics complement its bewitching gameplay. The sane and insane mechanic spices up card play, but the set collecting of map and relic cards feels disjointed. Overall, a solid game missing one thing to make it a great game.