#63: San Marco
Taking the area majority game into new arenas, this Alan Moon entry has devotees who believe it's best with 3 or best with 4. The central mechanism is the crowning glory of San Marco - one player divides the cards, while the other players choose which pile to take. The dividing player gets the leftover pile. Simple, eh? And yet wildly engaging. Ronald Hoekstra: "I like the decisions you have to make when splitting the cards."
picture from Board Game Geek
posted by Mark (aka pastor guy) at 7:47 AM
3 Comments:
While I play with both 3 and 4, I have to say that this is a fantastic three player game. With four players, there is a definite luck factor that plays out. With three, the luck is eliminated and the central "pie" mechanism shines.
Count me in the "prefer with four" camp (and there's still a good deal of luck in the 3-player game), but I also agree this is one of the better 3-player games around. Either way, this is a wonderful design (love the bridges!) based around one of the more inspired and distinctive design mechanics ever (the pie dividing rule).
I'm of the "only with three" camp, and mainly because I think the luck of the draw in four player isn't balanced (one pair of players can get a significantly better set of cards than the other pair). I also think the downtime in 4-player is more than I want to put up with.
Anyway, definitely a great 3-player game!
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