Newton & Great Discoveries

5 solo plays and counting. It's a quick play (1 hr) while remaining sufficiently crunchy and interesting! The limit of 30 actions is so tight - I love it! Each round you can only get so much done. It seems like the trick is to find bonuses to empower those few actions so you can get more done. That's not easy and it varies wildly from game to game. You really need to push for as many scoring opportunities (flags?) as you can while also scoring enough points from the ones you activate. It's a very tight line to walk, especially while balancing the desire to play Master cards. I really enjoy it! I'm keen to see how the multiplayer plays out - I don't think it will be much different since, apart from collecting bonus tokens and new action cards, there's not much player interaction.

I have three plays under my belt, and all have been enjoyable. It offers a bite sized taste of sandbox euro design; it offers multiple semi-independent paths to victory, which allows for sessions to feel a touch different depending on which side of the design you're leaning into.

I cannot help but wonder if I'll exhaust the possibility space after only a few more sessions, which is the only reason its not being rated higher. On pure personal enjoyment factor, this is easily a 9 (it's smooth, and the puzzle is satisfying... but, again, I don't know how long until I feel like every session is a remix of something I experienced before).

Bought used from Amazon.

I really enjoy the action selection via the cards. The use of the symbols that determine how powerful your action will be. The setup takes a while as there are a lot of tokens to place. However, I think it is worth the time as it also allows for a lot of variability in the board layout. I like this type of player interaction. Nothing really direct but clearly you are racing to obtain bonus or desirable cards before your opponents. The solo game is very smooth as you are just playing the game like normal, trying to beati your previous score.