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  1. 6 out of 10

    1 play / 3 players LIKE: Good connection of decisions and choices, set upon a beautiful board. I liked building and deciding how to manipulate the costs from the rubble available. I liked how the location that you choose to build in could effect current and future scoring, which created some interesting tension between players. To me, this aspect should have been accentuated more in the game design. DISLIKE: One of the worst things was the small numbers on the powerful clergy tiles. The iconography was terrible, and yet the numbers could barely be seen to look up what each tile did. Some parts of the game felt tacked on and somewhat useless. The treasury track may have modifies action costs, but it was largely ignorable, as was the influence track (easily circumvented by unlocking the money for influence skill). Aside from the building grid, I felt little player tension. OVERALL: Some specific parts of the game really shone for me, such as the building grid and manipulation of the goods market (it's a euro!). Unfortunately, the whole sum of the game felt mediocre with its extraneous elements, creating a bit of a fiddly and messy experience. I think BGG overrates this game significantly because of the artwork, but it's not a bad game by any means. Comparable to Zhanguo in gameplay feel, play a card, get some bonuses after building, but Zhanguo feels more streamlined.

  2. 8 out of 10

    Haven't played it as much as I want to cause its a really tough game to teach, to groc and worst of all to relearn. Greatly benefits from repeat plays and the elegance for such a complex game is remarkable. I still think Kanban is my favourite Lacerda game but if I was only allowed to own one this might be the one I'd pick because it feels like it has the most depth and is the more unique compared to games by other designers.

  3. 6 out of 10

    Played 4 handed - OK game with the usual victory point salad giving multiple options to score points - not sure it adds anything new although it is very pretty

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Lisboa is a game about the reconstruction of Lisboa after the great earthquake of 1755.

On November 1, 1755, Lisbon suffered an earthquake of an estimated magnitude of 8.5–9.0, followed by a tsunami and three days of fires. The city was almost totally destroyed. The Marques of Pombal — Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo — was the then Minister of Foreign Affairs and the King put him in charge of the reconstruction of Lisbon. The Marques of Pombal gathered a team of engineers and architects and you, the players, are members of the nobility; members who will use your influence in the reconstruction and business development of the new city. You will work with the architects to build Lisbon anew, with the Marquis to develop commerce and with the King to open all the buildings, but the true reason you do all this is not for greatness or fame or even fortune, but for the most important thing of all in that time: wigs.

Lisboa is played on a real map of downtown Lisbon. During the planning of the downtown project, the type of business permitted in each street was previously determined. The economic motor is driven by the wealth of the royal treasure and this treasure is controlled by player actions during the game, making each game a totally different experience. The game ends after a fixed number of rounds and whoever gathers the most wigs by the end of the game wins.

Lisboa is played in rounds. Each round, all players play one turn. They may place one card on their display or replace one card from this display. During the game, players schedule hearings to get character favors, such as commerce, construction, and openings. The iconic buildings score the stores and stores provide income to the players. Players need to manage influence, construction licenses, store permits, church power, workers and money, with the workers’ cost being dependent on the prestige of the players.

Ages

12+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

60m – 120m
Designer

Vital Lacerda
Mechanics

Area Majority / Influence, Solo / Solitaire Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Tile Placement
Theme

City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Political
Publisher

Angry Lion Games, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Giochix.it, hobbity.eu, Mandala Jogos, Maldito Games
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