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Year
2023
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Description
Background
Amidst the vibrancy of the Song Dynasty, A Dream of Splendor places players in the shoes of ambitious entrepreneurs entrusted with the revival of a fading street in Bianjing. As the proprietor of a struggling restaurant, the challenge is twofold: astutely manage a 50-tael debt while revitalizing the once-thriving district. Your strategic decisions in resource management, shop construction, and menu refinement will either breathe life back into these forgotten alleys or consign them to history.
How to Play
To embark on this journey, players follow a straightforward path.
First, acquire land and/or build shops during the Purchase Phase.
Next, during the Preparation Phase, optimize your menu by selecting and refining dishes to attract customers.
As you enter the Serving Phase, focus on welcoming guests, earning income, and guiding them toward the diverse array of shops.
The first to build eight shops, and accumulate 50 taels of gold will usher in a new era of prosperity, securing their place as the savior of the Song Dynasty's once-forgotten district.
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Board Games With B7 Top List at 0:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Gorgeous packaging, artwork, and components
- Thoroughly enjoyable gateway game
- Laid-back, beautiful, and satisfying experience
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- City building and economic growth
- Song Dynasty, China
Comparison games
- Machikoro
- Jambo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- City builder — Players construct shops and accumulate tiles.
- deck builder — Building a deck of cards.
- Engine Builder — Creating an engine to achieve goals.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Sometimes a game catches your attention long before the first turn even begins.
- I have to say I was pretty much blown away by the entire presentation of this game.
- If you're looking for a hidden gem that delivers clever decisions, constant player interaction, and fantastic replay-ability, First Band deserves a spot on your radar.
- If you open up the B7 dictionary and look under hidden gem, you'll find packs listed as one of the definitions.
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Board Games With B7 Top List at 5:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Blown away by the entire presentation, artwork, and components.
- Attention to detail in production is evident.
- Rules are straightforward and easy to learn.
- Provides meaningful decisions without being overwhelming.
- Relaxing gameplay with minimal player interaction.
- Appreciating the production and maximizing income is enjoyable.
- Customer selection offers good planning freedom.
- Thoroughly enjoyable gateway game.
Cons
- Minimal player interaction might not appeal to everyone.
Thematic elements
- City building and economic prosperity
- Song Dynasty, Bianjing (modern Kaifeng)
Comparison games
- Machi Koro
- Jambo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- city building — Players build shops in a city.
- Deck Building
- Engine Building — Players build an engine to maximize income from customers.
- Events
- Income
- Increasing the value of unchosen resources
- Multi-Use Cards
- open drafting
- Race — Players race to construct eight shops and accumulate a monetary goal.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- They've become one of those publishers that I genuinely look forward to following, and they've quickly earned a place on my list of hidden gem publishers.
- What I enjoy most is how you can still influence the board despite all that uncertainty.
- The packaging, artwork, and components are absolutely gorgeous.
- This is very much a family weight game that's accessible while still providing plenty of meaningful decisions.
- Legends of the Three Kingdoms honestly exceeded my expectations.
- It creates some wonderfully memorable moments and perfectly captures the constant struggle for dominance portrayed in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
- Overall, Taluva is an elegant and clever game that offers a surprising amount of depth.
- Journey to the West truly exceeded my expectations.
- It successfully combines cooperative gameplay, storytelling, and meaningful decision-making into an experience that feels both thematic and immersive.
- Taluva is an abstract strategy and territory building game that features various mechanics.
- It's elegant, thinky, dynamic, and very tactile.
- What I really enjoy is how interactive and cutthroat the game can be.
- The rules are simple, but the decisions are not. There's a lot of depth here, and every game plays out differently.
- It's also worth mentioning how influential Taluva has been.
- A legendary adventure comes to the table.
- Inspired by the classic novel, Journey to the West is a cooperative storytelling adventure game, where players take on the roles of one of the four main characters and relive the adventures of the classic Chinese novel.
- The amount of content packed into the box is impressive, and the replayability is certainly there.
- What I appreciated most is how faithfully the game captures the spirit of the novel.
- Overall, Journey to the West truly exceeded my expectations.
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