Showing posts with label Ginkgopolis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ginkgopolis. Show all posts

25 May 2019

Board Game Review: Ginkgopolis

The cover art for Ginkgopolis. A man and a woman in vaguely futuristic clothing looking at some technology that appears to be planning the construction of a futuristic city, standing on a metal platform in a grassy area with a few trees, as a path runs towards some sci-fi buildings in the background.

Not too long ago, I got to try out a game that you may have heard of. It's called Ginkgopolis, by Xavier Georges, from Z-Man Games. I had fun learning it, and am anxious to try it again, now that I know how to play it! See, it's... not quite an area control game, and not quite a deck-builder, and not quite a resource management/building game... but it's got elements of all of those things, all crammed together in a most intriguing little mechanic!

But I seem to be getting ahead of myself again, as I am wont to do. So let's pause for a moment and take a look at the numbers: