Board Game Arena

I wrote an introductory guide to strategy on board games. https://inchpin.substack.com/p/board-game-strategy My examples centered around Splendor and Dominion, but I hope the advice is much more broadly applicable! Please let me know what you think! Would love to know thoughts from this great commun...

Portal Machine: Advanced Tech: Take 2 basic portals and put them into your hand. You can only use this card once a turn. (If it's too weak, can play around with the numbers, eg maybe 3 portals is better, or maybe you can play it twice a turn, or it can be a basic tech) The idea is that it can be ver...

Thank you so much!

Btw, what's the easiest way to buy your game in America? I'd love to introduce it to your friends!

I agree FS is the strongest opener but I don't think FS/UP is as strong as you say. Your combo doesn't let you win in 3 turns, only 4-5, and if you have 4 turns out your opponent has counterplay like playing clock multiple times a turn to dump eras at you, or using advanced lab combos to spam a bunc...