- rank: 146
- rating: 7.6
- published: 2017
Print Status
- in print
Why It's On The List
- Reiner Knizia turns his adept design talent to deck-building... and makes a racing game that manages to stay tense throughout, offer a variety of interesting (and clever) tactical decisions, and be enjoyable with both gamers and non-gamers.
Tips & Tricks:
- Add the caves into the game after your first play - they offer some difficult choices as well as helping deal with overcrowding at choke points.
- Players often undervalue the usefulness of gold... both for movement through villages and for purchasing higher valued cards that make a big difference in the end game.
- Learn to look at the board to figure out the "rhythm" of when you'll need various kinds of cards - sections of the board may have a preponderance of one type of terrain and/or high numbered terrain (3s & 4s) that force you to take a different route. Planning ahead will make a difference!
Extras
- The Heroes & Hexes expansion is excellent... highly recommended.
- The Golden Temples expansion is actually a stand-alone game that can be combined with the base game and Heroes & Hexes to make some truly crazy maps.
- There is an excellent set of maps available on BGG.
- This is the first of seven (7!) Reiner Knizia games on my top 100 list.
- Weirdly enough, I graduated from El Dorado High School.
1 comment:
I have huge holes in my Reiner Knizia games that I have played. So, I will not try and guess your other Knizias. I actively dislike some of his popular tittles. For example, I rate Tigris & Euphrates a 4 on BGG. I found the game frustrating and I could never get my mind around what I should do. But having said that here are my favorite of his games:
1. Medici - Best auction game ever made - Yea I know another unpopular opinion
2. The Quest for El Dorado and all of the expansions.
3. Ra - A great auction game
4. Korsar (Loot) The best team game I own.
5. Ra: The Dice Game
6. Through the Desert
7. Lost Cities - Great 2 player game
8. My City
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