Most groups can skip
- Our take
- BGG rates it 8.2 from about 1,000 ratings, but the only discussion I found is a Reddit thread asking if it is good. One commenter calls the special landscapes 'absolutely imbalanced' and says to use the faction-bidding rule instead; another is 'not a big fan of the special landscapes', calls the rules fiddly, and says the extra tiles are not 'worth the cost of the expansion', especially since two of the town tiles are also in Merchants of the Seas. A third likes that it 'brings new life to the boring/weak factions' but would use starting-VP changes for balance. Worth buying only if you are a completionist or want the extra tiles.
- What you need first
- Just the base game