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Century: Spice Road is the first in a series of games that explores the history of each century with spice-trading as the theme for the first installment. In Century: Spice Road, players are caravan leaders who travel the famed silk road to deliver spices to the far reaches of the continent for fame and glory. Each turn, players perform one of four actions: Establish a trade route (by taking a market card) Make a trade or harvest spices (by playing a card from hand) Fulfill a demand (by meeting a victory point card's requirements and claiming it) Rest (by taking back into your hand all of the cards you've played) The last round is triggered once a player has claimed their fifth victory point card, then whoever has the most victory points wins.
| Year | 2017 |
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| Designers | Emerson Matsuuchi |
| Artists | Chris Quilliams, David Richards, Fernanda Suárez |
| Publishers | ABACUSSPIELE, asmodee, Devir, Arclight Games, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Piatnik Distribution, Broadway Toys LTD, Ideal Board Games, Mandoo Games, Esdevium, Plan B Games, Belleville (Бельвіль), Ninive Games, Cube Factory of Ideas, Edinorog |
| Players | 2–5 |
| Time | 30–45 min |
| Status | Previously owned |
| BGG Rating | 7.2 |
| Categories | Economic, Card Game, Medieval |
| Mechanics | Hand Management, Set Collection, Open Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Variable Set-up, Contracts, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Action Retrieval, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Auction: Dutch |
| BGG Rank | 389 |
| Complexity | 1.80 / 5 |
| Language | No necessary in-game text |
| Date | Location | Duration | Qty | Players | Scores | Winner | |
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2021-04-24 | At home | – | 1 | MourningDragon, Yashima | 82.00, 89.00 | 89.00 |
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2021-04-22 | At home | – | 1 | Yashima, Yashimii 🤖 | 73.00, 65.00 | 73.00 |
My BGG Comment
A fun engine builder but holding a pretty big hand of cards and managing all the cubes and their transformations can be a bit fiddly. I think I prefer Splendor over this.