Nova Era Game Review

I was gazing around the table, at my cards, at the ceiling, even at my phone, miserably slogging my way through the night.

We were getting close to the third hour of our first game of Nova Era, the newest design from Andrea Chiarvesio. I don’t think Chiarvesio has the name recognition of some of his peers, but at the Bell household, Chiarvesio is a staple—he designed one of my favorite Euros ever made, Kingsburg, a game I love so much I didn’t even bother reviewing it so much as straight-up loving on it.

At five players, Kingsburg is the perfect game. (I don’t care what anyone thinks. Kingsburg is life!!!) There is always tension, there is always cursing, and there is always a goblin horde lurking just outside the castle walls. I prefer the artwork of the first edition but the extra content that comes with the third, so the third edition of Kingsburg is the one that will live on forever.

Unfortunately, Nova Era is not Kingsburg. In part, this is due to an identity crisis that I’m still struggling with.

The Normal Variant is the Long Game

Nova Era, a CMON production released earlier this year, accommodates 2-4 players bent on building up the best…

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