When it comes to the digital version of Concordia the developers Acram Digital have done a fantastic job of translating the game to the digital tabletop. Hard, as in, you’re going to know that you’re playing poorly throughout the game because you just didn’t have enough knowledge or enough foresight to plan as precisely or as deeply as you should have. Actions available include moving colonists, gaining new colonists, establishing trade houses, purchasing personality cards, producing goods, and trading.

You can build as many houses as you want in a single architect action, but you are limited by the goods in your warehouse, the money in your bank, and the location of your colonists. At its height, the Roman Empire extended from Britannia, to Egypt and Babylonia, and encompassed the Mediterranean Sea. I have only played each map 1-3 times, and I haven’t found them to be as different as in Power Grid.Because, in Concordia, it doesn’t only matter how much of something you possess at the end of the game that determines how much VP you score for it but it is also multiplied by the number of the matching God you have on your cards. Salsa - This expansion contains two additional maps - Byzantium and Hispania - and a new trading good - Salt, and a new Forum mechanic. How can I afford not to do it, if my neighbor uses their Prefect card to trigger a production in that same region, where they already have a couple other trading houses? Instead, you have to feel your way through the game, like you’re walking through the dark when there are no walls around – how can you tell if you’re going the right way?

My initial plays of Concordia were spectacular, and while my enjoyment of a game usually peaks as I explore its depths further and further, I found myself slowly mellowing on my initial euphoria over Concordia as I hit double-digit plays and beyond. Trading in the Mediterranean” might as well be code for “dry theme that’s an excuse for some designer to show us their interlocking mechanical systems. The first play of the game had everyone grinning from ear to ear at how magnificently clever it is, before grinding us down with its elegant but difficult resource puzzles. You can form a plan and follow it to the letter, but a good player will react when opportunity presents itself in the actions of other players – making this a perfect blend of strategy and tactics.Prefect: The player receives the best good of the province and all players with houses in a region produce goods. The app launches with the base game of Concordia including an alternative map allowing for a varied and tighter game and Acram have committed to bringing all of the expansions to the app with the first scheduled for November 2021.