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Way of the Panda

Game ID: GID0384495
Game Info
Year
2018
Players
2-4
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
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Description

Way of the Panda is a worker-placement game in which players control three different figures — monk, merchant, and warrior — on a board. With a worker-placement mechanism, the players choose their action to move around the board, build buildings, train their character in fighting, and gain wisdom (which nets victory points at game's end and serves as a multiplier), but they also have to pay action points to choose these actions. If they choose stronger actions, they must pay more and cannot go back on the action board (as in Egizia).

The players train their characters and fight against the evil guys on each street on the map. Also, they construct buildings to try to connect north and south with their own streets.

Description

Way of the Panda is a worker-placement game in which players control three different figures — monk, merchant, and warrior — on a board. With a worker-placement mechanism, the players choose their action to move around the board, build buildings, train their character in fighting, and gain wisdom (which nets victory points at game's end and serves as a multiplier), but they also have to pay action points to choose these actions. If they choose stronger actions, they must pay more and cannot go back on the action board (as in Egizia).

The players train their characters and fight against the evil guys on each street on the map. Also, they construct buildings to try to connect north and south with their own streets.

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positive
Pros
  • adorable panda minis and thematic charm
  • clever action loop creates meaningful decisions
Cons
  • some players may outpace others due to action timing
Thematic elements
  • clan politics, honor, and panda-themed fantasy
  • Panda Kingdom besieged by human ninjas
  • light-hearted but clever twists on worker placement
Comparison games
  • Richard the Lionheart
  • Council of Four
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • action-purchase loop — you buy actions with apprentices; choosing an action blocks preceding ones
  • clan variety / asymmetric units — three panda clans with unique sculpts and abilities
  • worker placement — pandas are used to take actions each turn
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  • it's a thug placement game where you're controlling a family who's trying to jockey for the position to take over
  • you can do different jobs and some of them like maybe a car bomb
  • when you take out a thug or a family member you lay them face down in the hood
  • the darkness part where they can hide in the shadows to gain additional powers
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