Santa Cruz

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Designers Marcel-André Casasola-Merkle
Publishers Hans im Glück Verlag
Year released2012
Players2-4
Playing time (minutes)45
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Boardgame Geek linkhttp://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118610/santa-cruz
Reviewsdereport  (04.10.2012) by Walter
dereport  (11.10.2012) by Walter
Individual ratingsAaron: 8, Horst: 7, Walter: 7, Günther: 6, Moritz: 6
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Game of the Month
October 2012
'Discovery'-Games have always been one of the holy grails of game design – how can one design such a game without putting through much stress on luck (when one doesn’t turn over the 'right' discovery tiles)? The new game by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle tries an interesting path here by making the victory conditions variable through cards, but also makes these same cards available for drafting, which can turn the luck of one player against him/herself in the next round. Through this there is more interaction and competition than in other 'discovery' games, and also the game length hits a good and comfortable mark. For us this is one of the real 'discoveries' of the current games on offer!