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Year
2015
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Description
"Salsa" is the Latin word for "salted", and in the Concordia: Salsa expansion for Concordia, players will find:
Two new maps: "Byzantium" and "Hispania"
Salt: Adds a new sixth commodity, salt, that is produced in salt cities. Salt can be exchanged for any other commodity at any time, making it essentially a "wild" commodity.
The Forum: Adds a new deck of Forum cards that players can acquire during the game. These cards grant unique abilities and bonuses to salt your game with new strategic challenges.
The two new modules (Salt and Forum) can be used with the new maps as well as those of the base game and all other expansions, thus giving even more variety.
Concordia Family
(8 games)
Part of the Concordia family — see Concordia for the combined view.
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Getting Games Discussion at 10:38 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Big thumbs up for the salsa expansion
- Forum tiles add flexibility and spice up gameplay
- Expansion introduces engaging new mechanics (forum tiles and ongoing abilities)
Cons
- Salt resource not fully liked, but mitigated by expansion
- Five-player game length may be longer
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- forum board and forum tiles — A new forum board with tiles that grant one-shot or ongoing abilities when placed.
- new resource (salt) as wild resource — Salt is introduced as a wild resource that can be used as various resources.
- ongoing abilities at game start — Each player receives an ongoing ability at the beginning of the game.
- resource spending flexibility — Forum tiles and salt affect spending decisions and flexibility in purchasing cards.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is definitely a big thumbs up for the salsa expansion
- it's essentially choose your own adventure
- we laughed constantly throughout the whole time
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 10:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds a new world resource and bonus modules
- Perfect thing for a fresh injection of life into the game
Cons
- Host has played the same maps too many times
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Concordia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- expansion — The "big one" expansion for Concordia with a new world resource and bonus modules.
- Modular additions — Adds bonus little modules.
- New world resource — Introduces a new world resource.
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Quotes (from this video)
- So, I don't know why this one really um kind of grabbed my attention since I saw this one. It does sound like a complete random luckfest, but it does seem to have a certain charm and appeal to me.
- You know, I tend to like deduction games, although I do think it's an oversaturated genre of games, but this one sounds different enough to stand out and stand away from the pack.
- So, I'm quite proud of myself that I didn't jump straight into getting that one when I first played Concordia because I played the the base game alone quite a few times now. So, I think I'm ready for an expansion.
- And I always thought it was quite or these lists are quite funny because I go in with a plan, but I'll come back with a a random arrangement of completely different games, no doubt.
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The Cardboard Herald Top 10 List at 1:23 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Elevates an already strong game
- Introduces meaningful one-time bonuses via forum cards
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Salsa adds salt to this game of Roman trading and emphasizes action selection with forum-card based bonuses.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Ra is a game that came out well over 20 years ago.
- Ra: Traders is so good.
- It's a complete knock out of the park, and I can't imagine playing Wingspan without it.
- Power Up was such a brilliant way to address some of those little points of design in here.
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