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Azul

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  1. 6 out of 10

    It's a good game, but gets a little samey for me personally. I'd love to see a five-player expansion because I often have more than four when I'm pitching an easy, gateway-style game.

  2. 9 out of 10

    I love games that I can teach to friends and family easily that are really engaging. Azul fits the bill on that one. The tiles and the overall board presence of the game are great as well. I squirm over tough choices and relish in taking that one set of tiles someone else desperately needed. I haven't even tried the back side of the player board and not sure if I ever will, but it is nice to know it is there. Quick fun and certainly a go to light game and it just keeps growing on me. It doesn't hurt that I tend to win this one a lot either.

  3. 7 out of 10

    Azul is a beautiful game of tile laying and speculation. Or to be exact, early turns in a round are speculative as you are trying to guess what your opponents are up to. As tiles get taken from the offering and after narrowing down the number of possible end game sequences, the nature of the game changes into brutal number crunching exercise for the last few turns of a round. You are just min-maxing the point swings generated through the last moves. This has to be kept in mind when playing with AP prone people, since it can be quite frustrating when the flow of the game is regularly changing. A bit counter-intuitive scoring does not help the matter. Nevertheless, I liked the game and would like to play again. I also reckon that after a few games under your belt the changes in the pace of the game will become less drastic because you will learn to analyse the situation faster. I also have to mention that playing the game is also physically quite satisfying since the components are fun to fondle and play with.

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Introduced by the Moors, azulejos (originally white and blue ceramic tiles) were fully embraced by the Portuguese when their king Manuel I, on a visit to the Alhambra palace in Southern Spain, was mesmerized by the stunning beauty of the Moorish decorative tiles. The king, awestruck by the interior beauty of the Alhambra, immediately ordered that his own palace in Portugal be decorated with similar wall tiles. As a tile-laying artist, you have been challenged to embellish the walls of the Royal Palace of Evora.

In the game Azul, players take turns drafting colored tiles from suppliers to their player board. Later in the round, players score points based on how they’ve placed their tiles to decorate the palace. Extra points are scored for specific patterns and completing sets; wasted supplies harm the player’s score. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Ages

8+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

30m – 45m
Designer

Michael Kiesling
Mechanics

Card Drafting, Pattern Building, Set Collection, Tile Placement
Theme

Abstract Strategy, Renaissance
Publisher

Divercentro, Gém Klub Kft., Hobby Japan, KADABRA, Lacerta, MINDOK, Orangutan Games, Plan B Games, Tower Tactic Games, TWOPLUS Games, Zvezda, Asmodee, Broadway Toys LTD, Galápagos Jogos, Ghenos Games, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd., Next Move Games, Pegasus Spiele
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