Focused on Feld: The Name of the Rose Game Review

Hello and welcome to ‘Focused on Feld’. In this series of reviews, I am working my way through Stefan Feld’s entire catalogue. Over the years, I have hunted down and collected every title he has ever put out. Needless to say, I’m a fan of his work. I’m such a fan, in fact, that when I noticed there were no active Stefan Feld fan groups on Facebook, I created one of my own.

Today we’re going to talk about 2008’s The Name of the Rose, his 5th game. This marks the first time that Feld would ever publish a standard, Ticket to Ride sized game (a feat which wouldn’t be repeated until 2016’s Jórvik). Inspired by Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel by the same name (and most likely the movie adaptation from 1986), it’s also the first of only two games designed by him that are based on a previously existing IP (the other being 2000’s Pillars of the Earth: Builders Duel).

Taking place in 14th century Italy, The Name of the Rose drops the players squarely into the middle of the story. William of Baskerville and his assistant Adso are in full on investigation mode, and the players take on the roles of the monks living within the abbey as they work to avoid scrutiny……

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