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Solenia

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  1. "After a couple of turns, the depth of strategic choices (and implications) that Sebastien Dujardin has weaved together starts to take hold - and it becomes clear this is a really great game that most gamers old and new would enjoy. Looks great on the table, is easy to explain and plays quickly too. But we are here for the solo mode... and it plays almost identically to the multiplayer. 2-3 rules for the AI character and a dead easy die-roll logic selection of what they do each turn, means you can whizz through a game inside 30 mins as a soloist. Best of all, I really love how there are summer and winter modes (standard and variable powers/upgrades) that work really nicely in solo too. Classy stuff." Watched Rahdo play this. I don't love the "compare your solo score to a chart" solo rules, but there is non-official solo variant in the forum that would be more like playing against a bot. 1-4 P, 30-45 min, 2.16.

  2. 7.8 out of 10

    All cards have a double functionality (instant and delayed) and they have a hole in the middle for their interaction with the board. The board moves when certain cards are played and it cycles between day and night. Very elegant design overall. Our first game was a little long as we were subject to analysis paralysis but still fun and we will probably get better at it.

  3. Solenia is a resource conversion Euro where each player gets a set of action cards to reap an immediate benefit and a delayed benefit with the world transitions. A game by the Designers of Troyes with Artist Vincent Dutrait. Players collect resources and fulfill contracts. Spatial movement on modular board. Cards have a round hole in the middle when placed they still show the underneath resource on the board. The game has a day / night cycle which requires planning for the future. What makes it special? * Integration of cards and the board: each card has a hole in the middle that when played on the board, shows the awarded resource. + Nice, clean artwork + Quick playing time Related games: * Black Angel: more complicated, share some mechanisms

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Several millennia ago, the tiny planet Solenia lost its day-and-night cycle: Its northern hemisphere is forever plunged into darkness, and its southern hemisphere is eternally bathed in sunlight. Your mission is to carry on your ancestors’ honorable task of traveling the world to deliver essential goods to the inhabitants of both hemispheres. While the Day people want you to deliver the rarest gems and stones, the Night people sorely need wood and wheat to survive. Be efficient and outpace your opponents to collect the most gold stars by the end of the game!

A game of Solenia plays out over 16 rounds, and in each round, each player plays one card from their hand onto an empty space of the 5×5 game board. You can play the card on either:

A floating production island, to gain as many resources as the value of the card you played of the type corresponding to this space
A floating city, to fulfill a delivery tile by delivering the resources depicted on it.

You must play your card adjacent to the airship in the center of the playing area or adjacent to another card of yours already played. When someone plays a 0 card, the airship advances one space, then at the end of your turn, you remove the back edge of the board, give players resources based on the cards they have on this strip of the playing area, flip the strip over (turning night to day or dawn to dusk or vice versa), and place it on the other side of the game board.

The game ends when each player has played all 16 of their cards. The player with the most gold stars wins!

—description from designer

Ages

10+
Players

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

30m – 45m
Designer

Sébastien Dujardin
Mechanics

Hand Management, Modular Board
Theme

Card Game, Exploration, Fantasy
Publisher

Hobby Japan, Pearl Games
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