A number of good points were raised there in the Alhambra post, notably the fact that sometime you just want a game that will be quick and fun, and here's one such game.I would not have come across this if not for the big Tom V, he rated this simple card game at a whopping No 14, much higher than its BGG rank of 143.
And why does he like it so much? Simple, it's very fast, easy for everyone to learn but with a surprising amount of strategy.
The aim of this 2-player game is to try and place cards to get you to one (or more) of five lost cities. You decide how many lost cities you want to attempt to find, however, there's a cost to each mission so if you over-stretch yourself you can get minus points.
If feels similar to Balloon Cup in that you only have two real decisions to make: Either you place a card on your side of the board to try and gain points by getting to a lost city, or you discard the card to the middle. The skill comes from furthering your own expeditions without helping your opponent (by giving them cards they might need).
It takes maybe five minutes per hand and you play the best of three. It's so simple but very addictive and whilst there's a certain amount of luck in which cards you draw, there's definite skill involved too.
Highly reccomended.
And here's me losing a game: but not to Jo, she can't beat me (much to her frustration!)
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