2025 · Abstract Strategy
The Great Evening Banquet
Players arrange guests at multiple VIP tables in a state guest house, aiming to satisfy table composition and individual VIP conditions. Guests come in five colors and four types (with one variant raising a glass); each round players draft groups of guest tokens from carriages and place them across their six four-seat tables. When a table fills, it scores for type patterns (e.g., sets or all same), color distribution, and number of raised-glass tokens, then checks the VIP’s requirement to determine full or halved value. Reaching 10 points triggers a mandatory swap with a guest in the Grand Salon. After all tables are filled, additional points are awarded for photo-style alignment across rows and columns. Includes tighter expert rules where neighboring tables can share guests and solo-mode adjustments to carriage counts.
- Players
- 1–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 30 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 1.9 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 19
- Plays logged
- 25
- Players
- 25m 6s
- Average play
- 5
- In collections
- 3
- On wishlists
7.7/10
from 3 Ludoya reviews
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