Souvenirs from Venice Game Review

If anyone out there has walked through a season of life that seems to impose a thirty-minute time limit on leisure time, you probably know the value of Oink Games. Somewhat similarly, if anyone out there has walked through a season of life that involved a hearty desire to pack four games onto a single shelf rather than three or four, you also know the value of Oink Games.

Enter Souvenirs From Venice, a simple set collection race from Sasaki & Sasaki. It is one of several light blue Oink boxes—because let’s face it, we all spot Oink games by their color profile within the little brick walls we construct for funsies.

Ah, Venice!

The only other game I have played that involves moving along the aisles and intersections created by a grid of tiles is Minecraft: Builders and Biomes. I enjoy the decision space around moving to select the best pool of four options while simultaneously choosing the location most prohibitive to others. Souvenirs From Venice employs this concept and builds upon it through the addition of a metaphorical hourglass.

Players begin navigating gondolas through the waterways from a common corner marked as the Airport. The object of the game is to set out on a…

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