Build like a mortal, win like a God in the game of Santorini, the strategic family board game by Gordon Hamilton. The objective is simple: Be the first player to build, block, and climb your way to the top of a building three stories high. Sounds easy? Not so fast! Santorini requires tactical manoeuvring and
Build like a mortal, win like a God in the game of Santorini, the strategic family board game by Gordon Hamilton. The objective is simple: Be the first player to build, block, and climb your way to the top of a building three stories high. Sounds easy? Not so fast! Santorini requires tactical manoeuvring and increases in difficulty with the addition of extra powers via “god” cards. With thousands of possibilities and unlimited replay value, each round of Santorini is exciting and new! Unfold the beautiful game board and challenge your friends and family to construct gorgeous buildings! Both kids and adults can play this game that tests the bounds of mortal intelligence. Join the pantheon of winners in the game of Santorini!
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Well conceived and well designed in every way, and really fun! Wow, wow, wow. I didn’t expect to love it so much, but my friends and I are hooked! Each game, each match-up, feels really different because of the god powers, which are really fun to use and very thematic. It’s a real battle of wits, and you have to keep in mind what you and your opponents can and cannot do, and use that to your advantage.
I’m trying to reduce my collection of 250+ games, but I cannot when I MUST add this great game This is an abstract strategy game which reminded me in some ways of ; in as much as it has that abstract strategy feel and a 3D feel…sort of. In reality, we like this one a lot better.
Deceptively Simple Where I live there is a group that meets every Tuesday at the local 24/7 diner to play board games so I have an excellent opportunity to play test new games that come on the market. Of all the games that I have taken to these game nights, Santorini is by far the favorite. The basic game is an abstract strategy game in a class, like Go, chess or checkers, that is often described as taking ‘minutes to learn and a lifetime to master’. Set on a five-by-five grid, the object is to have one of your…