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Plan B Games | Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2 to 4 Players | 30 to 45 Minutes Playing Time

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Introduced by the Moors, “azulejos” (originally white and blue ceramic tiles) were fully embraced by the Portuguese, when their King Manuel I, on a visit to the Alhambra palace in Southern Spain, was mesmerised by the stunning beauty of the Moorish decorative tiles. With Sintra, the track does not reset so a few unplaced pieces each round and you will have a significant negative hit at the final scoring. If a player does not wish to draft tiles, she may instead move her glazier back to the leftmost column. After furnishing the Palace of Evora, King Manuel I of Portugal now seeks to commission the world's greatest stained glass artisans to adorn the windows of the Royal Palace in Sintra. For me the simplicity and and elegance of the original, beat out the newer choices and extended game play, but both are worthy games that should be on the shelves of folks who like lighter strategy games that allow for as much interaction with the other players at the table as they want to allow.

If you take the tiles, you place as many of them as you can on a single window on your board (unused tiles break, costing you points at the end of the game), and move your glazier to that window. The Pattern Strip now scores the points beneath it together with the points beneath any other completed Pattern Strip (identified by a Pane Piece on one of the positions) to the right of the one being scored. Overall there are some similarities: the factories and taking pieces mechanic, the negative impact of taking more pieces than you can place on your player board and the quality of the artwork and components. Players can expect to discover new unique art and components in Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, including translucent window pane pieces, a tower to hold discarded glass panes, and double-sided player boards and window pane panels, in addition to many other beautiful components!Any player can decide to draft Panes from the center on their turn (eventually it may be your only option). Usually, when it comes to remakes or sequels, there is one version of a game that is clearly better than the other. Like its older brother, Stained Glass of Sintra has a strong table presence, with lots of visual and tactile appeal. Created by Michael Kiesling, Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra challenges players to carefully select glass panes to complete their windows while being careful not to damage or waste supplies in the process. The same goes in Sintra, except it seems to have a bit more agency with it, so it feels more punishing.

I am so glad to say that Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra remains faithful to the original Azul, while meaningfully building upon it. A big part of Stained Glass of Sintra is figuring out which windows you’ll be able to finish this round, which ones you can set up to finish next round, where you might get a bonus for tiles of a specific color, and how you’re going to manage the position of your glazier.It builds on the addictive gameplay of the original Azul, adding exciting gameplay features without over-complicating the the experience. Editor’s note: That’s how it’s done, folks] Plus, Azul looked like it could be the rare fourth type of game, i. In a game of Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, players take turns drafting glass panes from suppliers to place and glaze the palace windows. Unlike many remakes, which just add glut to a game that was already fine without it, this new Azul game is equally, but differently good.

We, as gamers, seem naturally more keen on games that go from more complex to less as opposed to from less to more, and those that are successful in getting more complex are usually a system of games that gradually add more and more to them. Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra maintains some of the core tile drafting mechanisms of Azul, but introduces new tile laying techniques and a new theme. Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra challenges players to compete by carefully selecting glass panes to complete their windows while being careful not to damage or waste supplies in the process. Based on Rob’s review of Sintra, it seems like the tension comes from puzzling out how cram as many actions into 6 rounds as possible. The information provided here is as complete and accurate as possible; however, product images, colours and/or specifications (inc.I think those who like the more variable side of the board in Azul will like the variable setup here in Sintra, and I think that folks who like to have a bit more control or choice will like Sintra as well.

Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra is the sequel to the incredibly popular Azul, from the same designer, Michael Kiesling, and the same publisher, Next Move Games. There are times where your Glazier hasn’t moved more than two windows and yet, the offerings for you to take are not what you need or want, so you delay by passing, making the other players take those glass shards, but this can also put you behind in terms of number of glass taken and thus slow you down so you really don’t want to do that unless you absolutely have to. The Pattern Strips, also doubled sided, are randomly placed as vertical columns above the Player Board. The reason being that there are added elements of strategy that make it more compelling to a strategy hawk like myself. One player takes control of the scoreboard and puts a marker in each player colour on the zero of the scoring track (to record victory points) and on the zero of the broken glass track (to record negative points).Additionally, because a different color bonus is offered each round, players may want to hold off on completing a particular column if they stand to earn a larger bonus in a future round. After you lose your 18 points, your marker on that track resets to zero and you start down that path again. I personally don’t think Azul is a mean game, players can most definitely be mean, but the game itself is not, it doesn’t force that meanness on anyone. I’m always wary of board game sequels because all too often, they lose sight of what made the original great (I’m looking at you, Queendomino and King of New York).

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