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Century: A New World
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Century: A New World is the third and final installment of the Century series from designer Emerson Matsuuchi.
Century: A New World sends players to the Americas at the dawn of the 16th century. Braving the wilderness, players are forced to explore new lands, trade with local inhabitants, journal their findings, and hunt/gather to survive! The game integrates the compelling and incredibly fun resource trading mechanisms found in the Century series with a worker placement mechanism with a twist!
Century: A New World may be combined with Century: Spice Road or Century: Eastern Wonders or both for all new mixable games.
| Ages | 8+ |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
| Play Time | 30m – 45m |
| Designer | Emerson Matsuuchi |
| Mechanics | Worker Placement |
| Publisher | Mandoo Games, Plan B Games, Cube Factory of Ideas |
Fluffball264
Excellent addition to the series, stronger than Eastern Wonders and on par with Spice Roads. I can't wait to sit down and play the mixed game variants.
ajewo
Goods conversation game very similar to Century Spice Road. This game adds worker placement and a little tableu / engine building. Players convert goods to cash in cards. The first player who gains the 8th card triggers the end of the game. + Artwork + Easy to teach + Smooth gameplay, quick playing time # Abstract game # Can be combined with the other games of this series # Compared to the other previous Century game, this is a little bit more for "gamers"
Electropuncher
I want to like this more, but I've already got this game twice, only one is a card game and one is an area control game, and now it's a frankly mediocre worker placement game with annoyingly small workers. If you have dexterity issues (or any chemically induced impairments) you will hate the pieces. While the meeples are scaled to match the trading posts from Eastern Wonders, they're also really tiny, and you only get one spare of each color, so you're SOL if you lose two. Hope your cat doesn't jump on the table while you're playing. The player board also feels like wasted space, which is odd for a Century game. You have six meeples on, six off at the start of the game (7 on, 5 off in 2p), and you'll often find yourself grabbing from the wrong pile. The boards are thin cards, and the map will have earthquakes from time to time. The art's also pretty bland, and some layout issues with the exploration spaces make for some odd problems. I have to cover the unexplored spaces with the tiles, or else I find myself trying to use them before they're available. I haven't tried the combined games, but my understanding is that they make this box worth it. I'm really hoping that's the case, because that's the only reason I'm hanging onto this. Otherwise, I'll be selling this and Spice Road.