Magnate: The First City | Our Biggest Surprise of 2021| Board Game Review

Have you ever dreamed of being a powerful property tycoon? Do you secretly miss those long nights of dominating Monopoly? In Magnate you'll be buying up all of the best parts of town, developing the sites, filling them with tenants and then, if you can time the market well, selling for a HUGE PROFIT! A huge profit that takes the physical form of a huge stack of PAPER MONEY... But stay with us, if you like an economic simulation, this is one you won't want to miss...

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Theme overview (Themer)
00:56 Mechanics overview (Thinker)
07:02 Biggest surprise of 2021
08:30 Location, location, location
10.42 Building choices
11.34 The most thematic game of 2021? Also, paper money.
13:13 Timing is key
15:47 Aesthetics & the excavator
17:31 Is it really that heavy?
20:45 The advanced mode
22:30 Solo mode
24:10 Player count
25:36 Wrap up and is this game for you?

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Thanks for stopping by for our review of Magnate: The First City! We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience.
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