Review
Resafa
Resafa is a fresh, breezy euro from Vladimir, using six dual-action cards to organise a satisfyingly dense game. It is clever and balanced, building to a proper finale without making the table work for it.
- Published
- 2024
- Designer
- Vladimír Suchý
- Publisher
- Delicious Games, Arrakis Games, Fox in the Box
- Players
- 1–4
- Playing time
- 150 min
Vladimir continues to make honest, fresh euros at a time when rather too many designers seem content to reheat the same ingredients; Resafa is one of the happier pieces of evidence.
At its centre is each player's personal deck of six dual-action cards. They determine the available actions and provide the game's structural spine: a collection of smaller systems, somewhat in the Prague family, that feel connected rather than merely arranged side by side.
Vladimir continues to make honest, fresh euros at a time when rather too many designers seem content to reheat the same ingredients; Resafa is one of the happier pieces of evidence.
TheTrainSpotter
The game lasts only 18 to 20 actions, yet it moves exceptionally well. The interesting decision is how to make those limited actions count without letting the flow become wearying downtime, blunt interruption, or kingmaking; instead, the end produces the pleasingly substantial points salad one wants from this sort of euro.
Clever, balanced, feelgood and light on its feet, Resafa is one of the most enjoyable euros I have played recently, and I recommend it without reservation.
Clever, balanced, feelgood and light on its feet, Resafa is one of the most enjoyable euros I have played recently, and I recommend it without reservation.
TheTrainSpotter
Source: BoardGameGeek
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