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Big Easy Busking
45m - 60m
1 - 5 Players
Ages 8+
Hand management games are games with cards in them that reward players for playing the cards in certain sequences or groups. The optimal sequence/grouping may vary, depending on board position, cards held and cards played by opponents. Managing your hand means gaining the most value out of available cards under given circumstances. Cards often have multiple uses in the game, further obfuscating an "optimal" sequence.
Hand Management
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Bigfifty
This game is gorgeous. It's so nice to play an area control game that isn't military themed. Easy enough to teach and learn, but with a surprising amount of forethought and planning to play well. It's a nice small box that won't take up much space in your collection, but will immediately draw people to it because of its theme and art.
kalchio
"Overall, Big Easy Busking is pretty fun! I think the major group that this game will appeal to are people who are either looking for a very bright, colorful game to play (definitely a group I belong to from time to time) or people who are getting started with area control mechanics and looking for a simple and straightforward introduction to it. It's definitely about the right weight for that, with the most complicated part of the game being the decisions around whether or not to buy songs or which venue to play at. Personally, I find that the games run a bit long at higher player counts, but if you're not playing with players prone to heavy analysis this may not be an issue. My only major point of critique is that I wish the game achieved a bit more thematic synergy -- as it currently stands, it feels like it could take place anywhere, and I'm hoping through the Kickstarter process it arrives at a place that's a bit more engaged with New Orleans as a location. That said, if you're a fan of area control games or you've always wanted to try your luck as a street musician, Big Easy Busking might be right up your alley!" For my full thoughts, check out https://www.whatsericplaying.com/2019/02/11/big-easy-busking
grasa_total
The theme is original but I think unevenly applied, or maybe just has nuances I can't understand not knowing New Orleans. Why am I (the band's manager, I guess?) tipping them between performances to motivate them-- doesn't the whole band share the money? How does a crowd reward their favorite band at the end of the show, when that band has already wandered off to somewhere else? Anyway. I'm not a fan of area majority games, so I wouldn't have tried this if not for the theme, and then the theme didn't help me connect to it. So, nice try but a miss.