Akropolis Review - The Box Looks Terrible, The Game Is Amazing

The most talented architects in ancient Greece stand ready to achieve this goal. Build housing, temples, markets, gardens and barracks, so you can grow your city and ensure it triumphs over the others. Raise its prestige with harmonious planning that conforms to specific rules, and enhance it by building plazas.
Stone is an essential resource, so make sure you do not neglect it. You’ll need enough quarries so you can build higher up, making your city stretch towards the sky.
Choose a tile from the construction site
Arrange it in your city to unlock each district's full potential
Build on higher levels, increase the value of your districts and win the game

TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:06:37 - Ease of Play
0:07:17 - What I Like
0:09:28 - What I Don't Like
0:10:18 - What I Can See Others Not Liking
0:11:06 - Final Thoughts
0:12:28 - Recommendations

5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.
4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc.
4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience.
3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad.
3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep.
2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself
2.0 - A game I don't want to play again
1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend
1.0 - A game that is just bad.

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[JonoNZBoardGamer]

I would love to see an objectives mini expansion at some point that gives you something different to work towards each game, similar to the way Sprawlopolis does. Negative points and positive points for building a certain way

[MichaliSarris]

Solid review, excellent overview of the game. Really excited to try this one as I really enjoy Cascadia too!

[RaK]

I'm really pulled to this. Issue I have is: I already own and like Cascadia. Sadly I do not have a gaming group that meets that regularly to justify a game that is quite similar to one I already have. Which is a shame because I really adore the artstyle and scoring mechanism. But I'm always sad to see games collecting dust on the shelf.

[srebme]

We got this game a couple of months ago based on your enjoyment of it. We love it! Thanks for putting it on our radar.

[mkietzmann]

If you want something with similar (and way thicker) tiles but more of an in-your-face bite to it, then Taluva is the way to go (especially the nice version).

[jamesbrazeal]

I just got this in. I like simple choices but good strategy. This seems like a great little puzzle.

[intrepidfool]

Good review. I bought this one a couple of months ago after you mentioned loving it on one of your videos. This one resonates with me as well. The rules teach is simple and the game has a very satisfying time to payoff ratio. I've only played it at two players so far, but imagine it plays well at higher player counts (with the possible downside that you mentioned). A solid 4/5 for me.

[MichaelAW]

I own this game, and would love a deluxe version of this game with an expansion.
Acrylic tiles and a better insert.
The insert is my biggest problem.

[krahnjp]

I think the whole point is to add competition over the preferred color. If you add them all, yes, you are adding things to think about, but you are removing the interaction that competition drives.

[guandjs]

Good review! I prefer Cascadia for issue you mentioned at large player counts and variability. Cascadia makes it easier to pivot and go for multiple elements to maximize, and changes up depending on the animal scoring tiles you use. In Akropolis if you can take a big lead in a colour then it can be challenging for others to stop you without hurting themselves, which is an issue in 3-4 player games. I would play it again but I am happy having Cascadia in my collection (Kohaku is also tile drafting awesomeness!)

[Ole_Ev]

Played this around 5 times now, it's a fun one, simple enough and quick as well.

[jaroslawchmiel]

Any comparison (note wise) with Magna Roma and Orichalcum? They are all from the same (kind of) genre

[Wealtharch]

I’m surprised by the rating. Great game, but 4 plays in, it feels samey already. I asked on BGG, there’s an expansion and I’m excited.

[Brendver]

Both Akropolis and Cascadia were on my list, but I ended up picking up Cascadia over Akropolis.

[bryanwinston]

This is off topic, but i think you have maybe 50% more games than I have (210 I think). I've always felt that if a game was really good I could forgive it for not being as variable as I like because at 210 games nothing is goign to get played so much it becomes tired. At least not for a few years.

[anablic]

I really dislike these games where you are all separately doing stuff in front of you, heads down, vs a shared board experience that everyone partakes in....

[Hardcorestilllives]

the box looks really terrible. I would never have looked closer, looks like an irrelevant family game. but gameplay sounds really interesting. strange that they didn't integrate the solo mode into the box right away

[george-dm]

Looks ugly but I like your videos and I trust you. I added it in my Wishlist.

[CasperHarris]

Box looks amazing the only reason i bought it what u talking about

[BoardGamePix]

Great video. If you like this one check out Nova Luna.