Hansa Teutonica: Big Box

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In a nutshell, you're trying to build trading routes on the game board to upgrade your various actions on a personal player board, and establish your influence with trading posts in key German cities. Once you've explained the few different ways to earn points, the game sets you loose and forces you to start pulling levers and knobs to figure out the best way it all works.

I sold this one because the meta of building up actions first made it a stale experience in our group. I'm sure it's us, not the game, but it ruined an otherwise excellent gaming experience.

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Hansa might just be the most tolerable euro point-salad formula ever - it's a counterpoint to every game that deems it necessary to shove as many action combos and resource types (and converters) as possible into itself in order to present a challenging experience.

At the heart of each action in Hansa, all you're doing is either placing a cube on the board or pushing existing cubes into new spots, yet the ramifications of this are enormous and delicious. The simplicity of these actions belies the game's incredible strategic depth.

Few Euro games match the simplicity and immediacy of Hansa Teutonica combined with the subtlety that makes each cunning move impactful.

This is one of the best euro games ever made. Lots of fun crunchy decision space and an excellent ramp up to the end of the game. Love the form factor for the amount of game in this box. If I was to say anything negative about this, it would be that it looks like your typical euro game (which doesn't bother me as it gives a classic feel but I can see it working against getting it to the table)