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Crystal Palace

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  1. 8.5 out of 10

    Rating based single play. Trending higher towards 9. Meaty for its rule set. High degree of interaction and determination of what players are working towards.

  2. 8.8 out of 10

    Crystal Palace is a beautiful design, that drips with a wonderful theme and an appropriate noir art style. For me, it rivals Trickerion (a game I like quite a bit (minus the expansion)). In fact, I would go as far as to say Crystal Palace is a better game/experience. Trickerion has the satisfaction of pulling off that one big trick towards the end while Crystal Palace also builds a beautiful crescendo with a puzzly aspect built into its balance and while your watching others, there is a very tense, dare I say, optimization of choices that really shine through. Yes, there is a bit of bookeeping and players should periodically look out for one another to ensure proper appropriation of gains and payments but really this is a spectacular achievement for an otherwise unknown designer. Well done.

  3. 7 out of 10

    A lot heavier than I initially thought it would be, which is not a bad thing. I really enjoy dice placement games and this fits right into that category. Money does feel very tight the entire game and there are so many options to choose from. I am really curious to explore all this game has to offer and test the various strategies.

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In Crystal Palace, players take on the role of a nation at the time of the first World Fair in London (1851), trying to create a buzz with spectacular inventions and the support of famous and powerful people.

Crystal Palace is a dice-placement game in which the players themselves determine the stats of their dice at the beginning of each round. The higher the number, the better — but it comes at a price. In the course of the game, dice are placed on eight action locations (Patent Office, Reform Club, London Times, Port of London, Waterloo Station, British Museum, Bank of England, Westminster) in a competition for the best resources, patents, and brains.

In a world of slightly weird inventions, you will meet people like Phileas Fogg, Levi Strauss and Amelia Edwards, and invent gadgets such as the Thinking machine, the Beer glass counter or the Climate changer.

—description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players
Play Time

90m – 150m
Designer

Carsten Lauber
Mechanics

End Game Bonuses, Income, Loans, Turn Order: Auction, Worker Placement with Dice Workers, Modular Board, Set Collection, Take That
Theme

Dice, Economic
Publisher

Brain Star, Capstone Games, Cranio Creations, DiceTree Games, Super Meeple, White Goblin Games, Feuerland Spiele, Maldito Games
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