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Merchants of Andromeda Game Review

There are two ways to play an auction game: you can bid with your heart, or you can bid with your head. Those who bid with their hearts have a vague idea of how something will work out. They make bids that “feel right.” It’s all about gestalt. It’s jazz. Those who bid with their heads do the math. They add up the points. They calculate the value of each and every thing. These are the people who get analysis paralysis while playing big euros. They cannot make a decision unless they are sure about all the implications.

Do not, under any circumstances, play Merchants of Andromeda with people who bid with their heads.

A rectangular board with four tracks, each covered in illustrations, sits on a table with a black neoprene mat.

YOU PAID HOW MUCH???

Merchants of Andromeda, an update of Reiner Knizia’s 2000 release Merchants of Amsterdam, uses Dutch auctions to facilitate an interlocking series of area control competitions. On a player’s turn, they draw three cards, one at a time, assigning each in turn to one of three slots on the player board. One card is chosen by that player for the resource it produces. Another is chosen for the action it gives them access to,…

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