Review: Charon Inc
Posted by James (admin) on 26th January 2011
Charon Inc is designed by Emanuele Ornella who designed Assyria and Il Principe among others (and who I interviewed last year).
In Charon Inc players place flags to take control of different areas of a moon in order to get gems which are used to build buildings to score victory points (VPs) – most VPs at the end of the game wins. It may sound like pretty standard stuff but there are some clever game mechanics that create lots of interaction and tactical decision-making.
At the start of each of the 5 rounds, players place one of their flags on each of the 5 special ability spaces. Then, players take turns removing any one of their flags from a special ability and placing it onto the board. The moon is divided into a grid with gems placed in the areas (gem colours in each area are random but the quantities are fixed). A player can place their flag on any empty corner, side or centre of an area. Read the rest of this entry »
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