Thursday, March 21, 2024

#80: The Taverns of Tiefenthal (Mark's Top 100 2024)


The Taverns of Tiefenthal

  • rank: 236
  • rating: 7.6
  • published: 2019
  • designer: Wolfgang Warsch
Print Status
  • in print
Why It's On The List
  • A clever puzzle of a game that incorporates deck-building, dice placement, and a nicely thought-out series of mini-expansions in the base game box.
Tips & Tricks:
  • Sequencing your card purchases is an important skill... working so that you group nobles together, for example, makes it much easier to spin through your deck.
  • It isn't necessary to throw in every mini-expansion on your first play to prove your "gamer cred" - the base game is enjoyable on its own merits.
Extras
  • There is an expansion (Open Doors) that adds some neat extra twists to the game... but I still haven't got to play through all of the modules. (Sigh.)
  • My younger son refers to Taverns as "gamer Quacks"... not sure I completely agree, but I see where he's coming from.
  • This is the first of two games designed by Wolfgang Warsch on the countdown. (I don't think you'll have a difficult time figuring out the other one.)

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