Aldabas: Doors of Cartagena (Kickstarter Edition)

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 6 out of 10

   ericbinnyc

   So far, I've only played this once. I had some issues with the rulebook, and I found aspects of the gameplay and the scoring to be unintuitive. So our play was a bit rough, but I have faith in both the co-designers from playing their other games, leading me to think that now that I have a better handle on how it works I'll have a more enjoyable experience going forward.

2. 7 out of 10

   pepelefrogg

   Nice game. Quick play, not hard to learn. Lots of balancing mechanics. But the components... Sigh. The box is small, yes, but large enough for a small folding board that you could display the cards on top of, rather than adjacent to. Then when you flip the board for scoring, the spaces and scoring chits wouldn't need to be microscopic. My Kickstarter edition comes with nice wooden coins. Better than cardboard punch out coins. But the screen print is erratically centered and the coins aren't very consistently sized or round. The cards are decent. Quite thick and stiff. They should last. The game is good. But it is held back by the components.

3. 7.5 out of 10

   punkin312

   Never would have guessed there would be a game about door knockers. Alas, here we have it. Clever tableau card placement. Not challenging to learn and super quick to play. Very enjoyable.