Barcelona | Rahdo's Final Thoughts

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A video outlining gameplay for the boardgame Barcelona.
For more game info, boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/383607/barcelona
Part I: Gameplay Runthrough
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Part II: Extended Gameplay
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Part III: Final Thoughts
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[@marcosseven8872]

A mid-heavy euro that can be played in 90min it’s great. I’m actually pulling the trigger with this game. I wasn’t expecting it. This kinda came out of nowhere and is taking us by surprise, at least to me. Will watch play through

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

This level of interaction is what I’m looking for in a euro!

[@kin0ji]

Absolutely. This is giving me Brass Birmingham vibes with how player interaction works here.

[@stowcreek1999]

Thank for your board game coverage!

[@Punkve1987]

This game looks amazing! I haven't been this excited for a new euro since Terramara.

[@2532robh1]

Tried it at Gen Con. It is phenomenal.

[@ShelfOfOpportunity]

Looks very pretty, guess I’ll watch the run thru of this, and Arborea :)

[@Carsten_de_1981]

Stella(r) Shirt. I like it! Thanks for the coverage of this game.

[@antoinetahon1215]

Sounds like amazing listening to Rahdo! But when was the last time Rahdo did not like a game?? All his critics seem to fluctuate between 9.99 and 10.00 A rating system would be good to appreciate Rahdo’s nuances between all his fantastic reviews. The caveats listed at the end of the video might be a -2 or -3 for me which would rate the game at 7 or 8 out of 10. Therefore a good game surely, one i want to try once but nothing essential I want to add to my collection.

[@rahdo]

you can see how i rate all games at ranked.rahdo.com :)

[@deepdivemusicreactions]

It's good design with stuff we already seen in other games. for a point salad game it's too thinky. I miss the elegance of ultimate railroads or burgundy. Or let's say I prefer those kind of point salad games. I think people who think will like this will end up liking it, but I will skip it for the collection as other games scratch the same itch

[@Lucky_Red_Fish]

I am with you, i played it last night and it was ok, i prefer Lisboa or Burgundy as i think this game is trying to do too much and to have a score track that you can loop 3 times tells me the points are way too high, its almost like the game designer is a dopamine dealer, this one will not be entering our collection.

[@raphboisxxx]

The game looks pretty fun, but, like in Resurgence, I kind of dislike the luck factor from the bag pulling. It can lead to non-games from time to time whe someone keeps getting better workers than the others. I wonder if just giving leeway to people to chose would be a good way to do it

[@rahdo]

i guess you could do that, but tbh the bag pulling has only a very small effect on the ultimate game outcome. this is a game where you're scoring high 300s... being able to play a 7 point building tile (that robs you of points later) rather than a 0 point tile (that gains you points later) is not in any way the deciding factor of victory in this game! :)