Another great game from
Reiver Games the
Rules are fairly simple but hide a deep strategic game. It is one of those games that can be described as taking minutes to learn but years to master.
Played over 6 turns made up of 3 rounds each the basic mechanic is Adding Traders, Moving Traders or Removing Traders to alter a City States power. As each player takes their turn the 3 leading cities will change often. The scoring is based on having sets of influence tiles the more you have of a type of tile the more you score. So which City State you wish to win influence from plays an important part of your strategy.
The components and artwork are of the quality we have come to expect from Reiver Games so well done again. The rulebook is well written and easy to follow.
I played the prototype at Beer & Pretzels 20 and immediately signed up for the pre-order price. There is something about the games that Reiver games choose to produce they just appeal to my style of play, I rarely win any of them but I always enjoy playing them and they all have a lot of replayability.
Seriously though, this game plays quickly but has a lot of depth and certainly warrants a prime place in anyone's collection.
I have created a scorepad for this game which can be downloaded from
here thanks to
boardgamegeek.com
