Lorenzo il Magnifico: Big Box

This game is very tight, it thrusts your brain with hard decisions, but it is satisfying for me, even more when you make a good decision and you gain the reward.

Lorenzo il Magnifico distills many elements of a dry Euro: abstracted theme, worker placement, resource management, and tableau-building into a tight and competitive package.

Thematically (although you’ll have to squint) players function as Renaissance families vying for recognition during eras of varying wealth. Their dynasties are built on claimed land, city constructs, influential figures, and purple stuff. Meanwhile, the nagging papacy will periodically check in on your family’s piousness, doling out punishments for those neglecting to pay tithe. Families can reach their reputable heights by balancing their attention to these factors.

Mechanically, this translates to building and reaping a fleeting game engine. Players will fight over cards and placement spots over the course of an increasingly imminent game end. To further complicate things, each round players must navigate how to utilize or mitigate a shared dice roll. This shared revelry/misery is a clever mechanism to potentially provide a more equitable game state, low rolls reward those who prepare and punish those who overextend. A high dice roll gives everyone strong workers, creating less expensive opportunities for every player.

Lorenzo has the wonderful push-and-pull of a tight Euro that makes competition cutthroat and satisfying. A great game in my opinion.

第一回合还没打完已经感觉很香了！

Tight, restrictive mind puzzle

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With the expansion this games is magnificent! So tough choice and endless possibilities. Amazing balance of interaction, engine building and variable powers. With Folded space insert.