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Year
2017
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Description
A brand new edition of a popular classic, London will appeal to the strategic thinker among board game fans. Tasked with rebuilding London in the decades following the great fire, players juggle building requirements, bank loans, and poverty as they strive to realize their vision for the city.
The game features a unique mechanism of playing cards to develop the city, then "running" the city by taking all the card actions simultaneously. Players have to repay all their loans before the game ends, but need to worry only about how much poverty they're creating relative to the other players.
—description from the publisher
London Family
(2 games)
Part of the London family — see London for the combined view.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names News at 53:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Elegant and cool gameplay.
- Attractive art and box design.
- Intriguing enough to make players want to explore its contents.
Cons
- The presenter made a mistake announcing the winner.
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card game — Described as a 'little card game'.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Looks like a beast on the table but when you hear it's like it's an engine building game you like I could play an engine building game
- We sat down to play that game hole holy cow we were literally passing a hat Vil around the table for how much thinking you had to put into that game that surprised me
- this game London when we first saw it at Gen Con when Oscar green said hey guys scream hey come take a look at this
- the cover of the game box and how plain it is but mm-hmm it really some reason fits this game it just looks nice the cover looks elegant and the art is really good and then you actually get into the game and you find this really elegant cool little card game
- engineers it was really cool cuz it's kind of math because you had to like the little algebraic problems you have to solve but it's such a great thing of a dice manipulation game plus the area control game plus a set collection game all merged into one that's one of those I really got to the table a lot in 2017
- and Tony this was actually one of the early games in 2017 that really grabbed us one of those that didn't look that great on the table but then you start playing in and it's one of those that we just played over and over and over again and just just really enjoyed it
- that rule about when that third dragon comes out yes everything stops correct I kept saying it and kept saying it and reminding people boy we had a flip the table moment when that occurred
- oh die another seaman without miniatures look at that
- two seam on one two squirrely Awards and neither games had merci ya don't have to put miniatures in the game to make it go no you don't lure in DOS so good
- it's what I call the reverse work replacement where you're taking stuff off the board and putting it on your board in order to activate things I just thought was a really unique mechanic
- and again tony is one of those shockers for us at the beginning year I had never heard of gentes and we got an early copy and try to try it out and it blew us away
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The Brothers Murph Discussion at 1:46
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Pros
none
Cons
- Described as 'my least favorite game on the planet'.
Thematic elements
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Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- If my score is higher than their cumulative score, then the studio, the channel, and the Murfs themselves belong to me.
- How well do these brothers know each other? If they don't, their souls are mine.
- I chose I play I chose my least favorite game on the planet, which is London.
- The point is I want Squishy Fruits. But we all had the right idea.
- I would say that he thinks C is the best letter for board games. The letter C.
- It's between C and T. T.
- Your souls belong to me.
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Top List at 20:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really like the new one
- Does some great improvements
- Love that whole theme of rebuilding London
- Really, really enjoy it
Cons
- Martin Wallace games can be brutal
Thematic elements
- Rebuilding the city
- London after the Great Fire
Comparison games
- Howler Town
- San Juan
- Race for the Galaxy
- Glory to Rome
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players draft cards to take actions.
- economic engine building — Players build up different types of buildings and systems.
- Hand Management — Managing cards in hand is crucial.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this video is sponsored by game Toppers
- absolutely love this game
- just Bonkers bananas just amazing heavy Euro and I can't recommend it enough if you like that style of game
- just an absolute Beast of a game
- it's just a fun game and like I said I've played any player count two to five
- it's just it's a fun game
- this is one of those like easy Plug and Play Quick setup you know grab this deck of cards grab this extra map from one of the expansions set up and go
- this is just so different
- it's so quick and easy just to jump in and out of and play
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Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Top List at 15:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Heavier, strategic euro with clear drive
- Beautiful production and updated mechanics
- Strong thematic resonance
Cons
- Brutal poverty mechanic may not appeal to all
- Setup and play-time can be lengthy
Thematic elements
- city-building, poverty management
- London, England
- euro-style with thematic constraints
Comparison games
- Agricola
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- City-building with poverty tracking — Develop districts, manage poverty, and balance resources.
- Deck drawing and activation — Draw city cards and activate effects; some cards flip facedown.
- round-based play with end scoring — End scoring based on city tiles, tokens, and poverty management.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is one of those very simple little games where I played it and I thought I wish I'd thought of that
- Accessible everybody can understand it
- it's the best real-time cooperative game that I've played
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