Century Spice Road did it really have a chance to replace Splendor ?
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Century Spice Road came to my table many years after my first game of Splendor.
The games have very similar feeling and theme but when we look deeper into the game mechanics the similarities starts to fade away. Splendor is more straightforward of the two it engine building simplicity makes it much more easier to control the other players planning. Spice Road on the other hand strike to me as a next level step from Splendor a game that focus more on engine building with some good depth and interesting decisions involved in optimising your merchant deck. Both games are great entry-mid level games for board game fans but somehow Spice Road never reached the popularity level of Splendor, why do you think is the reason for that? Do you have a favour of your own? let me know in the comment section !
In our board game store we just introduced our new charming artwork playmat for Century that doubles the experience whenever we play it. Check it out yourself under this link :