7 Wonders

[ClaroPaulo]

7 Wonders lasts three ages. In each age, players receive seven cards from a particular deck, choose one of those cards, then pass the remainder to an adjacent player, as in Fairy Tale or a Magic: the Gathering booster draft. Players reveal their cards simultaneously, paying resources if needed or collecting resources or interacting with other players in various ways. (Players have individual boards with special powers on which to organize their cards, and the boards are double-sided as in Bauza's Ghost Stories.) Each player then chooses another card from the deck they were passed, and the process repeats until players have six cards in play from that age. After three ages, the game ends.

In essence 7 Wonders is a card development game along the lines of Race for the Galaxy or Dominion. Some cards have immediate effects, while others provide bonuses or upgrades later in the game. Some cards provide discounts on future purchases. Some provide military strength to overpower your neighbors and others give nothing but victory points. Unlike Magic or Fairy Tale, however, each card is played immediately after being drafted, so you'll know which cards your neighbor is receiving and how his choices might affect what you've already built up. Cards are passed left-right-left over the three ages, so you need to keep an eye on the neighbors in both directions.

[ClaroPaulo]

Anyone have this? Im interested in play testing this and probably acquire a copy down the line

[maskmanjoe]

Iv actually been waiting for this to become available. Its still on pre-order. Looks like a short but deeply strategic game so my interest is piqued

[ClaroPaulo]

But isnt it out already? It was released in Essen I believe

Psst.. join us sa GH gaming group one time hahaha Lets do some heavy gaming

[dmnyo]

from the demo, it looks quite good. A lot of buzz on in in bgg.

[aerolb]

It's supposed to be pretty light - 30 minutes for 7 players beats out Citadels. lol. But still interested in getting a copy when it comes out.

[maskmanjoe]

Claro: Yup it got introduced in Essen in Europe but hasnt arrived in US shores yet. We're all holding our breaths for it

Hey sure when my sched lightens up. What heavy game are you guys interested in duking it out on?

Aerol: I hear you, very excited about the gameplay experience of playing with 7 players within that short a time with this much potential strategy. Lets see if that time limit lives up against our AP players

[ClaroPaulo]

So far civs my game of choice hehehe

[dyeyk2000]

Aerol: I hear you, very excited about the gameplay experience of playing with 7 players within that short a time with this much potential strategy. Lets see if that time limit lives up against our AP players

If it helps, actions are played simultaneously. So that should help manage the AP downtime. Haha.

Wow dami na sa monday a! Haha!

Hey sure when my sched lightens up. What heavy game are you guys interested in duking it out on?

Bring Gric sir! Maraming hayok sa Gric kina Claro hehe.

[maskmanjoe]

If it helps, actions are played simultaneously. So that should help manage the AP downtime. Haha.

Oh you'd be surprised at how AP pervades over simultaneous turns...

Wow dami na sa monday a! Haha!

Can't join this Monday unfortunately since I'll be out of town but I can try to join you guys on the next GH runs.

Bring Gric sir! Maraming hayok sa Gric kina Claro hehe.

Gric? Do you mean Agricola?

[dyeyk2000]

Ah sayang sir! The more the mannier!

Yes sir I was talking about the one and only Gric hehehehe.

[maskmanjoe]

Played 3 games of this last night and I'm in love with it! Quick, straight-to-the-point and has a variety of victory paths for replayabiliy. Since several elements of the game produce victory points, focusing on one aspect of your "wonder" (except probably the exponentiating points of Science) will not be enough to win you the game. Diversity seems to work, though not too much. I love it! I want to play some more!

[togashi]

I can bring my copy to Hobbymania Tom or New Manila on Sat.

[togashi]

@ Talismanic

Ayan, moved our discussion here. Game tayo

[Kyousuke]

this is nice game based on description.. i didn't get to watch the video since it was way too long and the internet sucks.. anyways back to topic.. so this is a building game?..