Review
Vinyl
Vinyl is a light record-collecting game with action selection and a pleasing amount of traffic around the shop. The base game makes for an enjoyable first listen, even if its editions and expansions create needless confusion.
- Published
- 2019
- Designer
- Eric Alvarado
- Publisher
- Talon Strikes Studios LLC
- Players
- 1–5
- Playing time
- 60 min
Vinyl sat on the shelf for a while, largely because the retail edition, the reprint, and the expansions form a mildly irritating tangle. With the retail copy, you cannot combine everything into the full game: it is either the base game or an expansion played standalone. Not the cleanest introduction, but the game is worth getting onto the table.
In the base game, you are a record collector moving around a record shop, trying to build the best collection for your favourite “scratcher”. You choose actions, gather what you need, and chase the records that will give your collection a little more weight.
Not the cleanest introduction, but the game is worth getting onto the table.
TheCuttlefish
The action selection includes a bump, so other players matter: a space may look rather less useful once someone has squeezed into it before you. This is not a fight over the last vinyl in the crate, but it keeps you watching the other side of the table instead of playing alone in a corner.
It is interesting and it has a bit of charm, without pretending to be a revelation. If you find one of the now fairly inexpensive copies, base Vinyl is a sound, pleasant trip to the record shop.
It is interesting and it has a bit of charm, without pretending to be a revelation.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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