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Machi Koro: Harbor

Game ID: GID0197224
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2012
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Description

Its election time in Machi Koro and your mayorship is in peril. The citizens are no longer wowed by Cheese Factories and Coffee Shops. Winning reelection means going big.

Remember that bay that the cheese factories have been dumping their unsold Gouda into all these years? Your salvation lies in rehabbing that polluted body of water northeast of town. So get ready to roll up your sleeves and earn those votes.

A harbor with fancy boats and sushi bars and a shiny new airport will surely bring more gold to town and more gratitude! Sure, the city might not have the money in its coffers to pay for all this, but that never stopped you before.

The Machi Koro: Harbor Expansion injects further excitement into the game that has everyone talking! Want even more fun in your box?! Perhaps ten new establishments, one new starting establishment and two new landmarks will help?

Machi Koro the Harbor expansion requires the base game Machi Koro to play and is designed to add more variety, strategy and a 5th player to the smash hit Machi Koro.

Say hello to more variety, more nail biting and MORE players!

The Harbor Expansion is an absolute must for bonafide Machi- whizzes and newbies alike!

Machi Koro: Harbor Expansion includes cards that allow for up to five players to compete at the same time (82 cards total), as well as all the new cards from Machi Koro Plus.

Description

Its election time in Machi Koro and your mayorship is in peril. The citizens are no longer wowed by Cheese Factories and Coffee Shops. Winning reelection means going big.

Remember that bay that the cheese factories have been dumping their unsold Gouda into all these years? Your salvation lies in rehabbing that polluted body of water northeast of town. So get ready to roll up your sleeves and earn those votes.

A harbor with fancy boats and sushi bars and a shiny new airport will surely bring more gold to town and more gratitude! Sure, the city might not have the money in its coffers to pay for all this, but that never stopped you before.

The Machi Koro: Harbor Expansion injects further excitement into the game that has everyone talking! Want even more fun in your box?! Perhaps ten new establishments, one new starting establishment and two new landmarks will help?

Machi Koro the Harbor expansion requires the base game Machi Koro to play and is designed to add more variety, strategy and a 5th player to the smash hit Machi Koro.

Say hello to more variety, more nail biting and MORE players!

The Harbor Expansion is an absolute must for bonafide Machi- whizzes and newbies alike!

Machi Koro: Harbor Expansion includes cards that allow for up to five players to compete at the same time (82 cards total), as well as all the new cards from Machi Koro Plus.

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Video tRYqaDbfX8A Getting Games Discussion at 5:27 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative to mixed
Pros
  • Harbor expansion improves the base game in meaningful ways
  • simple core idea with quick play sessions
Cons
  • still too swingy and lengthy in practice
  • core strategy feels overly repetitive and sometimes mean due to coin stealing
Thematic elements
  • mechanics-focused critique with historical context
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • dice-driven activation — base idea is rolling dice each turn to activate cards that correspond to certain values
  • Engine Building — build a city-like engine and interact with opponents by taking coins through card activations
  • engine-building and coin stealing — build a city-like engine and interact with opponents by taking coins through card activations
  • expansion impact on core loop — Harbor expansion adds new cards/effects that alter the engine and pacing
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Quotes (from this video)
  • it's a crazy mishmash of a bunch of very interesting mechanics
  • gears within gears all ticking together
  • I'm excited by all these things
  • we ended up winning the game after only three epidemics
  • I'm pleasantly surprised by this gameplay for this free game
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