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A beautiful theme of Victorian England upper class and all the associated tropes known from Jane Austen to Bridgerton. Everyone player is a noble family (represented by cards) trying to renovate their ancestral home while trying to woo one of the rich Fairchild heirs and inviting prestigious guests to show off their new Tennis Court (or whatever else you just built) Has a variety of game modes with either reduced chance or a duel variant and a nice solo. update 2024: played 3 games this week, two after receiving the Characters expansion and it is lovely as ever. The variants booklet really enhances the game a lot. I now have a personal set of rules that works best for me. Beautiful. Now if that consolidated rulebook comes around ... and that one misprinted tile (I have previous versions of the other two) is really no concern at all, especially not for me because I play solo most of the time and it requires a 2nd player AFAIK. One of my very coziest tea time games.

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  Teatime anyone? So satisfyingly chunky and the best worker mechanism and unlike other ambitious worker type games this one works.
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  You have children that need to be married? Don‘t worry there are two most eligible Fairchild heirs in the neighborhood. Just impress them enough and they are sure to marry your offspring. You better make sure your estate is the most impressive one and your reputation the most shiny. Why it is cozy? * How can a game about regency England not be great for having a nice tea time? * Building up your estate with new rooms and new gardens feels good * Each room tells a bit of a story. Each hand of cards you play does the same. (Not all of them are nice stories. Some of the cards are anything but) * Interaction is mostly through the tile drafting. Though there are a few interactive tiles (also see below, just remove it) * There are tea parties held during the game * There are libraries and salons… so cozy just ignore the servants. They are only there to bring you tea. * There is definitely a wedding at the end Non-cozy caveat: there is one mean tile that nearly ruined the game for me because it allowed my friend to leech my whole reputation or something—I am trying to suppress the memory… I think if that one comes up again, I‘ll ban it.
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  Who gets to marry one of the heirs of Alderly Hall? Jane Austen inspired tile laying worker placement with a heart.
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  I still like the theming of this a lot and also the building up of the estate with the various rooms. This one suffered a hit when I attempted my first multiplayer and that didn't go great as my friend exploited an imbalance that has since been called out (I don't remember the details) and it really wasn't fun. So solo it stays. Ranking last year: 8 (🔻4)
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  #8 It is such a unique theme and such a great mix of worker placement and tile laying that I cannot recommend this enough. There is very little handling of the „bot“ each turn, it gets a die roll and a table says which tile it buys from the market. Each different bot just has fixed scores to beat but the variety is so great that it just works. Lovely, lovely game best played with some tea and biscuits.

Owned Expansions

• Obsession: Wessex Expansion
• Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs
• Obsession: Promotional Cards
• Obsession: Promotional Tiles
• Obsession: Characters Expansion