Pegasus Spiele 57809E Beer & Bread (English Edition) (Deep Print Games) Board

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All of the cards in the game have three uses. The top third of the card is used for harvesting, the middle of the card is used for recipes to sell beer and bread and the bottom third is used for upgrades. Happy Harvest

Why this sudden need to focus on ferments? Well, this modest box promised a lot of special-sauce game play for us; 2 player, multi-use cards, strategic drafting, forward planning, munchy-crunchy decision making, tension, sneaky-scoring, and clever resource management. And friends, I can confirm that the promises were kept! And I love how the type of year changes the game play – subtly on paper but significantly on the table. Even the upgrade powers change depending on whether you are rolling in rye or begging for barley.

Each year has the same phases. But what you do in those phases can depend on whether it is a fruitful or dry year. Seeding– this is where you fill the fields on the board with resources for later taking. Very handily indeed, the board shows how many of each resource is to be laid on the fields in both types of year. Fruitful has more of everything, but the river always contains as many drops as are available to “seed” the board with. If there aren’t enough in the supply to seed fully, use what you’ve got.

Each of you represents one of these villages. Over the course of six years – which alternate between fruitful and dry – you must harmonize your duties of harvesting and storing resources, producing beer and bread, selling them for coins and upgrading your facilities. One other benefit of using the upgrade option is it clears your brewery and bakery ready for more cards to be played there. The cards removed are placed to the side of the board so all players can see how many of each type you have completed. Same Game, Different Rounds Scott ventures into the exciting (and pretty much underestimated) two-player terrain. I must admit that the allure of Beer and Bread lies in the thematic indulgence of the long tradition of alcohol refreshment and freshly baked bread. Yet, the perfectly tailored duel format is undeniably the ultimate catalyst that drove me to acquire this gem to my collection. The game features alternating rounds of play offering up a twist on player interaction and the likes of card drafting and resource management. Each card is also multi-use so you'll have to tinker with the best use for them from turn to turn.

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During the dry years the amount of resources available to be harvested is reduced but you no longer pass your cards to your opponents, so with careful planning in the fruitful years you can load up your hand with cards you know you can play during the dry years. The dry years also introduce a card exchange of three cards which you can swap cards from your hand to use immediately. How Much Is That Bread Worth In The Window And so, in the end, we answered none of the questions that were heavy on our minds in the introduction, but we did come away with a new appreciation for designer Scott Almes. This small box game has found a way to enliven the two-player design space. Beer and Bread feels like a mini-Euro tribute but provides enough twists and turns to be worthy of your most refreshing mug of ale and a nice cut off of that golden brown bread. Beer & Bread is easy to teach, fun to play, and is going to stay in the collection for a while longer.