Lost Ruins of Arnak

BGA

Rating based on one play. Cool, multiple paths to victory hand management exploration game. A lot to get your head around.

played at SPIEL.digital

Brilliant game! The theme that maintains the adventure feel is great. The two familiar mechanics are connected to each other in a good way. While worker placement and deck building options are few, it works and goes by throwing the Dune Imperium past, even though it’s a good game too. One of the huge pros, Arnak doesn't take too long time to play despite the huge board. But so that the situations in the game are not unnecessarily predictable, as in many heavy euro games, the jungle is full of surprises that come with planning, such as good resource management. The first game went as a solo, which works well, and the first time went very tight already at difficulty level 2. Multiplayer game with leader boards is blast and I would prefer to play with leaders, because of asymmetric game is more interesting.

A fun and engaging puzzle. The deck building aspect is unlike other games in that you really have to be very careful about your choices to be efficient. With five rounds, normal deck building strategies (like culling) are minimized. So there is a need for self restraint and focus. Addictive experience.

Gorgeous and fun to play for 2. Get the leaders expansion for sure.

Location: MSK

Very nice game, lovely production. Scored a little lower than I'd have given it otherwise, due to lengthy downtime for players that pass earlier than those able to continue. Sometimes this could be waiting while other players take maybe another 6 turns.

Very enjoyable, tight economy Euro with a blend of mechanisms that is more than the sum of its parts.