Review
Angel's Share
Angel's Share is a dry, clean economic game about casks and single malt, where the market becomes the battlefield. It is especially strong with five players.
- Published
- 2026
- Designer
- Scott Almes
- Publisher
- Spielworxx, Capstone Games
- Players
- 2–5
- Playing time
- 120 min
I have a soft spot for the ‘liquid gold’ of Scottish distilleries, so Angel's Share arrived with my imaginary glass already waiting. It did not disappoint: this is a proper economic game, with no decorative ribbon tied around the cask.
Each round, you visit a distillery and get involved in buying and selling casks. The game lives in that constant calculation: what is worth taking now, what can be left for the others, and when will your own move come back to bite you in the market?
It did not disappoint: this is a proper economic game, with no decorative ribbon tied around the cask.
TheCuttlefish
You are not merely tending your own little corner. You are trying to affect production and the single-malt ‘stock exchange’, so every choice presses against somebody else’s plans. With five, the table gets the right kind of crowded and those deals grow teeth.
For me, it is a cracking game, and one of the rare cases where I plainly want the full five at the table. Angel's Share is dry where it should be, and intoxicating where it counts.
Angel's Share is dry where it should be, and intoxicating where it counts.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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