Baghdad, the city of Rondel
Let’s talk again about 🕌Baghdad: The City of Peace! We sat down to it expecting a lot thanks to the designer duo of Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone and we weren’t let down! 😁 The result of their cooperation is again an engaging midweight euro with lots of fun decisions to make.
The cards 🃏 create an engaging action selection system. Timing really matters and you really have to plan well in advance as cards provide you both the symbols necessary to do actions and objectives you need (and want to!) to complete by the time they slide off your board - which takes 3 turns. ☝️ Playing things in the correct order is essential, and you have to synchronize this all with the rondel movement on the main board too! A reward one objective gives you, might also help you achieve another objective, which can lead to fun combos. 😉
Tiles you gather from the main rondel satisfyingly fill up your player board. With the first few tiles not much happens, but then later you start triggering bonuses between tiles. You also fill the quadrants of the rondel with buildings throughout the game. You can do bonus actions according to your building when visiting said quadrants. I really appreciate this interconnectedness of the game elements! 😊
The game has a nice simple flow, though sometimes turns can be slower if you have to think a few turns in advance. 🕰️ We only played 2p games and they can go for 2 hours - though we aren’t the fastest players out there. I think that could definitely be lowered with more practice.
We really enjoyed this prototype copy from @alleycatgames but can’t wait to actually play the final copy whenever the game is fulfilled. 🥳
If it does sound good to you or if you are debating whether to back, make sure to check out our full preview:
Reni & Kristóf
A prototype of this game was kindly shared by the publisher for us to try out. Just a heads-up: all the components are prototypes, so things might look or play a bit differently in the final version. For more details, check out our content policy.
