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Crystal Palace

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Published
2019
Reach
Niche
Players
2–5
Play time
60–150 min
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Main mechanics

  • Action programming
  • Engine building
  • Set collection
  • Direct conflict
  • Auction & bidding
  • Worker placement
  • Action programming: You commit to moves in advance and watch them play out.
  • Engine building: Small early moves compound into a machine that does the work later.
  • Set collection: Scoring comes from completing the right combinations.
  • Direct conflict: Players attack each other head-on.
Full publisher description

In Crystal Palace , players take on the role of a nation at the time of the first World Fair in London (1851), trying to create a buzz with spectacular inventions and the support of famous and powerful people. Crystal Palace is a dice-placement game in which the players themselves determine the stats of their dice at the beginning of each round. The higher the number, the better but it comes at a price. In the course of the game, dice are placed on eight action locations (Patent Office, Reform Club, London Times, Port of London, Waterloo Station, British Museum, Bank of England, Westminster) in a competition for the best resources, patents, and brains. In a world of slightly weird inventions, you will meet people like Phileas Fogg, Levi Strauss and Amelia Edwards, and invent gadgets such as the Thinking machine, the Beer glass counter or the Climate changer. description from the publisher

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