#93: CloudAge (Mark's Top 100 2024)

CloudAge

BoardGameGeek

• rank: 1,399
• rating: 7.2
• published: 2020
• designer: Alexander Pfister

Print Status

• in print

Why It's On The List

• A solidly Alexander Pfister game - but less complicated and long than Great Western Trail and substantially more thematic than Oh My Goods and/or Expedition to Newdale. Added bonus: post-apocalyptic theme sans creepy post-apocalyptic art design.

Tips & Tricks:

• Once you head down a particular scoring/development pathway, the shortness of the game requires you to make sure you are doing everything you can to keep that particular game engine fed. 
• Resources are much more plentiful in 3 & 4 player games... switching back to solo is sobering!
• The game can be played as a campaign (7 games long) or as a single game - it works well both ways.
• It is not a legacy game - but it does have campaign elements that hang on from game to game.

Extras

• I've enjoyed the solo campaign so much that I've played through the seven game arc twice!