#87: Power Grid: The First Sparks (Mark's 100 - 2012)

Power Grid: The First Sparks

Mark's Ranking

• 2012: 87th
• 2010: prior to publication
• 2005: prior to publication

BoardGameGeek

• rank: 430
• rating: 7.20

Print Status

• in print

Why It's On The List

• I liked the original Funkenschlag game a lot - but it was crazy long. Power Grid was better graphically & shortened the playing time, but I found myself left cold by the math-y-ness of the whole thing. (No, I don't know why that didn't bother me with Funkenschlag.) So, when Rio Grande published the newest take on the same system that tightened the game up another couple of notches, I fell in love.

Tips & Tricks:

• The main place you can affect others is on the board - your expansion can cause other players real havoc. It's much tougher to do that in the "auction" than it was in Power Grid.

Extras

• Evidently, the advent of language did not include the development of spelling - the development card is headlined "Speach".