Nova Roma

The central action selection mechanism here is engaging & competitive enough as you really don't want people to take the spot you want! Having said that, there seems to be one too many mini-games and not all of them are equally engaging. It seems they have been added just so the math of the action-selection grid works out but it just ends up adding to the cognitive load. Merv remains my favorite game of this genre. There, the central city-building mechanism is not only more interesting but it does a great job of tying up all the mini-games thematically as well as mechanically. Playing Nova Roma only made me want to play Merv again... too bad I traded it away! face palm

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Good mid-weight point salad euro.

Nova Roma is a heavier Euro point salad. It features an action selection mechanism reminiscent of Targi and Calimala. Players have 30 actions in the whole game, and efficiency is key. Players have a "mosaic board" that behaves like a bingo card, and players are rewarded for completing rows, columns, or diagonals on it.

At the end of the day, Nova Roma is a touch heavy for my tastes, and I will stick with Calimala for a game that scratches a similar itch. Nova Roma is definitely worth playing though, and it works great with 3 players.

Picit a Merv-re emlékeztet az akcióválasztás benne, ugyanakkor engem ez a játék sokkal jobban szórakoztatott. Az akciók szerintem nagyon ötletesek, kicsit olyan "játék a játékban" feelingjük van. Könnyen megérthető a működésük, hála a nagyszerű szabálykönynek. Mihajlo Dimitrievski grafikáit nem szoktam szeretni, de szerintem itt teljesen rendben van a design. Több, mint valószínű, hogy beszerzem, mert ilyen jó grid akcióválasztós játékból nagyon kevés van a polcomon.

From Essen 2024. Thanks Alex.

Pretty mediocre euro. Trajan esque in it's minigame nature with a grid action selection system with a worker placement element. Very bland, nothing inspired here that isn't in a bunch of other euros already. Wouldn't return to it