Azul Strategy with WSBG Champion Luca Allaria

[@MostVictoryPoints]

Awesome tips & vid! The way Luca explains "set up other players to deny tiles" is so next level haha

[@Jason-fv4rg]

Solid advice.

[@Jess_2025]

Great tips, thank you!

[@likeeveryoneelse]

Interesting that minus 3 is advantageous but minus 4 is too much to risk. I guess you gotta draw the line somewhere. i dont mind taking 1 or 2 points off but i generally stay away from 3 in a single round.

[@boardgametotears]

The negative scoring jumps from -2 to -4 on the floor. I will take more negative points to get the tiles I need or to deny them from someone if those tiles are crucial but you have to count to see if those negative points are worth it.

[@barnacles8037]

The other thing to consider is that only having 2 tiles on the 5 row ties up that row and requires at least two turns in the next round to fill in the remaining three. By contrast three tiles in the 5 row likely only requires one turn to get the other two to complete the row. Even still you are tying up the 5 row for at least two rounds in this situation and if you could use the row better in a different way -4 points may not be all that much to overcome to keep your options open.