I’ve been playing solo games of Village Green, a recent arrival. It’s a little tableau-building game. With more players, interaction would only be via the shared market of face-up cards, which would churn faster, and possibly deny you a card you really wanted. You’re trying to draw and play the best Green cards in a 3x3 grid, while also drawing and playing the 6 cards which will define what “best” actually means on a per-column and per-row basis, with the added complication that each Green card must be ‘compatible’ with every Green card adjacent to it. So it’s an optimisation puzzle where you’re trying to make the best of the random draw, plan ahead where you can, and then hope for the best. I like the theme, and it’s an ok way to pass a few minutes (it’s nice and quick), but I’m not sure I’d pick this for a multi-player game.
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