Distilled: A Spirited Strategy Game, Highly-Thematic Euro Game, Strie for The Title of Master Distiller, 30 Minute Play Time, for 1 to 5 Players, Ages 14 and up

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I find it makes the game so much more thematic and gets you so much more invested in the whole thing if you feel like you're actually going through those motions rather than just, say, cashing in a couple ingredient cards to take a Gin card.

The scripts will see you as having the proper number of players and work the same as if you were connected via a network. When you distil in the aptly named distil phase, you'll be adding ingredients to your washback to try and make a successful concoction. Some powers seem situationally better for an entire game, whereas others feel good only when a specific scenario pops up. There are premium ingredients that you can purchase to make your spirits, these premium ingredients will add money and/or points to the spirit that you make. And then there is the premium market that offers upgraded versions of these basic items and upgrades you can add to the distillery.Distilled puts players in the shoes of distillery owners looking to sell spirits, make a few bucks, and score more Spirit Points (SPs) than the competition. The idea for such a game came to him during a 2019 visit to Scotland filled with distillery tours and whiskey sampling. I don’t know about you but if I’d been given a run down distillery and had only a few quid to my name I’d be happy if I got some mildly alcoholic puddle water out of it. Each of these distillers also has a signature recipe and signature ingredient that only they can make.

Then, things totally flip over, particularly for a player that sells a fancier spirit after aging it in their warehouse. In Distilled, players act as novice distillery owners, recently bequeathed with the family business, and must learn to produce the finest spirits and gain reputation in the industry. Some of those goal cards are face-down, and flipped when achieve the ones below them, a bit like 7 Wonders Duel.I have found that in rounds six and seven, sometimes players have so much money they can’t spend it all.