GLASS road puts the players in the role of medieval glass-makers and celebrates the tradition of Bavarian glasswork. Over four building periods, players will use their identical hands of 15 specialists and attempt to outwit and outplay their opponents. Each specialist has two abilities and if you are the only one to play a specialist, you can use both abilities; otherwise you may only use one. Make the best uses of your resources and specialists to win the game!.
E**O
This forces players to try to guess what the other players are choosing and try to obtain the best turn possible
Phenomenal game! The unique resource dial and card playing makes for a memorable game that ends sooner than expected. When playing with the full complement of players, 4, each turn starts with a choice of five cards, out of fifteen, that have two actions to choose from. After choosing five cards, each player chooses one to play and this is when the game gets interesting. Each player is trying to guess what their opponents are going to play. The reason being is the main goal of the game is to choose card no other opponent will use themselves. The reason being is when a card is the only one chosen then the player that played it will get to do both actions on the card. If the card revealed is a card that someone still has in their hand then they will play their card and all players will be reduced to only obtaining one action on the card. This forces players to try to guess what the other players are choosing and try to obtain the best turn possible. Following this fun guessing/bluffing aspect, players will be manipulating their resources to build the buildings they need. The resource dial is great as raising one good may cause the dial to shift and bring other goods to a lower amount. It is an amazing balancing system that is not about hoarding resources. This is a low scoring game so the four rounds played really matter as scoring high may be in the 15-20 point range. The theme may seem uninteresting but the gameplay more than makes up for it. It is also a very fast game that also has a very fine single player mode.
E**K
Another great game by Uwe Rosenberg
Got this game as a solo game & Uwe Rosenberg has knocked it out of the park again.Positives:- Quick gameplay- fun theme- amazing replayability- wonderful components- beautiful artwork- easy set up- great solo or multiplayer experience- simple mechanics, but huge depth of playNegatives:- Did not buy it earlier- the tiles make forming a strategy tough at times, but makes it a different kind of puzzleAnyone who looking for a great euro game that is fun & has tons of replayability- this is your game. Lesser known game of Rosenberg’s but a solid title!
I**S
Fun!
As a two player game, this has loads of strategy, loads of replay and loads of angst! We have played it nightly for about 2 weeks now. FUN and speedy, too. Our other favorite is Grand Hotel Austria.
A**R
and we had great fun playing this game
My friends and I are Rosenberg fans, and we had great fun playing this game. Similar mechanics were also used in Broom Service, another good game.
A**R
Love this game
Love this game, one of the best game that Uwe created.
M**E
Five Stars
Like all good games luck is kept to a minimum. Also, the mechanism for resource management is interesting.
G**N
One of my all time favorites
Great interactive cardplay, Lots of strategy packed into a quick game. The resource dial mechanism is very clever. Cannot recommend highly enough!
M**S
This is not the recent Revised Edition, it's the 2017 Reprint. It's still a 5-star game though!
Bought this as a replacement for my old copy, which went walkabout a few years ago.It is, as my title says, the 2017 Reprint, and not the Revised Edition which came out at the end of 2019/beginning of 2020.Still a superb game, but just wanted to let people know, in case it was specifically the Revised Edition they were after.
M**N
Five Stars
classy game with a bit of everything. Resource metre interesting way of keeping track
A**R
Perfect
Perfect
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