In El Burro, you are developing a farm in Majorca and have to move your goods from your farm to the port of Palma. The game uses multi-purpose cards and dice-drafting as in La Granja, while also containing other elements such as donkey cards, donkey deliveries, and a solo game. You need to manipulate your farm in the best way possible while making maximum use of your cards and the dice.
In a game round, you play cards, draft dice (one at a time) to conduct actions, deliver goods to your own market stands or to local markets, and bring them all the way to the port of Palma.
During the game, you score some points for deliveries, and at the end of four game rounds, you receive more points based on special cards and other elements. The player with the most points wins.
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Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- the solo rules for Darwin's Journey were a mountain among themselves
- my wallet thanks you for Darwin's Journey and Ostia
- Nana toridori
- Hachi Train is a game that came out last year that I really liked
- Tigers and Euphrates is very dry except the river part of the title
- Newton has no theme
- Aura at Labora you are just going through the motions
References (from this video)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- the solo rules for Darwin's Journey were a mountain among themselves
- my wallet thanks you for Darwin's Journey and Ostia
- Nana toridori
- Hachi Train is a game that came out last year that I really liked
- Tigers and Euphrates is very dry except the river part of the title
- Newton has no theme
- Aura at Labora you are just going through the motions
References (from this video)
- Better than Lrrah
- Allows players to play more cards per turn
- Working your little farm is really really fun
- Super not available in the United States
- Looks much worse than the new Lrrah board and dice edition
- Not eons better than Lrrah
- Fulfilling contracts by making food and goods, expanding, using employees for powers, and selling to the market.
- Farm
- Lrrah
- Granha
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card placement — Cards can be placed on four different spots on the player board.
- contract fulfillment — Fulfilling contracts by producing goods.
- Tableau Building — Expanding your farm and using employees for special powers.
- Worker Placement — Using donkeys to move down a path to deliver to buildings.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- The more we talk about this game, the more divisive I realize that it is.
- It's just it's it could be frustrating because it's a tugof-war, right? So you're like, "God, just give me this thing."
- Covenant fell flat for us. Felt like we didn't have enough time to upgrade our dwarves.
- I didn't do anything in this game.
- Concordia is such a classic.
- My short answer is Arcs is the worst game.
- Oh, Arcs is the worst game I've ever played in my life. Well, not worse. It's my least favorite game. That those are two different things.
- Star Wars Bounty Hunters. The game is trash.
- Dude, you should totally make a full Baron Park inspired park in Planet Zoo. That'd be epic, though. Severely on people watch it.
- Mountain goats is a great game.
- I love goats. Goats are cute.
- It's just a living lawn mower.
References (from this video)
- Family-friendly weight
- Interesting combination of dice drafting and multi-use cards
- farming
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Drafting — Dice drafting used as part of the gameplay.
- Multi-Use Cards — Utilizes multi-use cards as a core mechanic.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- "it's another watch it played question and answer video"
- "rulebooks are living documents really valuable resource for us board game enthusiasts"
- "I really think it's the oldest on who is saying it and what you mean by it when I hear fill a game I think that could be a great game"
- "there's nothing greater than a brilliant filler game"