{"id":348,"date":"2009-11-29T09:46:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T18:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insidethe.com\/blog\/?p=348"},"modified":"2009-11-29T09:48:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T18:48:14","slug":"alhambra-board-game-to-build-a-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidethe.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/alhambra-board-game-to-build-a-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Alhambra – Board Game To Build A Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alhambra is a board game with the goal of building the best palace. Game play is fairly straight forward, the primary actions are; pickup coin, buy palace piece, or re-arrange existing palace piece. Each player has their own palace and the goal is to score the most points by having the most palace\u00a0pieces\u00a0of a specific designation. There are various rules about how the palace can be constructed which increase the level of complexity. The game is broke up into 2 scoring rounds with a final scoring round when all the palace pieces are in play.<\/p>\n

Within 90 minutes we were taught the rules and had a very fulfilling first game. \u00a0By chance I did win but I assure you that has no bearing on my appreciation for the game *wink*. My only complaint is that it was perhaps too isolated between players. The only direct\u00a0interaction\u00a0between players in the game is when players are deciding what palace pieces to buy.<\/p>\n

The game reminds me of Cleopatra and the Society of Architects<\/a> but with less confusion.<\/p>\n

\"200911282109_083\"<\/a>In attendance was AM (game leader), RT, CT, and me. \u00a0It didn’t take long to grasp the finer points of palace construction but unfortunately the first game resulted in several gee-I-won’t-build-like-that-again moments. CT scored big in the end with a wicked long wall. RT was well rounded but stuck with several\u00a0unusable\u00a0pieces\u00a0at the end of the game. AM had a fierce palace with some\u00a0intricate\u00a0but useless internal palace walls that tripped him up. \u00a0My green pieces and modest outside wall were decent scoring each round.<\/p>\n

It lacks the fierce competition of a game like risk or the fun frivolous player interactions between turns but it is a decent family game worth playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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