Board Game Reviews Ep #199: TOWN CENTER

This board game was sent to me by LudiCreations:

Town Center on BoardGameGeek:

[Veelofar]

I’d just like to tell you that for a while now, I’ve been listening to your reviews during my panic attacks because your calm, matter of fact voice is really good for grounding me and helping me get through it. Thank you.

[GunterChung]

Seems like one of those games that would benefit greatly from a computer calculating everything for you.

[johanna]

Why does it feel like a game Ben Wyatt would make? Cubes of Dunshire

[RealKangarooFlu]

This game was so tedious and complicated that I thought this was an April Fool's joke lol

[JimSmith-temv]

Whenever I am at my parent's house, I watch all your board game reviews while I'm walking my dog around the house, helps me get through the boredom of watching my dog keenly sniff the same corner of the yard that she investigated 4 hours ago. Board games are a hobby that I really want to partake in, but the friends I hang out with aren't very interested in really getting into them. My favorite reviews so far are the ones you absolutely love, and the ones you aren't fond of, as they get to showcase the differing aspects of what does and doesn't work in this type of space. Thanks for putting time and effort into this, these really are some of my favorite videos you do

[Cruicis]

Fun fact about this game, there's a rule that says you can cheat as long as you don't get caught.
So don't get too worried about the rules.

[cellusDS]

It took me way too long to understand that every player gets their own city instead of building the same one.

I kept wondering why different cubes are colored after different players for no reason.

[dikkedorus]

I feel this game would've been great if the blocks were shaped and "clickable" so the construction would automatically follow the rules

[Black_Knight_]

the only thing i dislike is imagining these cube towers falling over nonstop.

[ThorAxiun]

This seems like the "RNG Color Game" in Undertale in board game form.

[WildfireMagni]

I'm glad you found it fiddly to work with, I had a hard enough time trying to understand it.

[Mellonikus]

Yeah, that definitely looks more fiddley than it should be. If you're interested in a game that's kinda-sorta similar, you should check out The Estates! It's great for hitting that city planning itch with only a fraction of the rules.

[lordkiza]

When you said you that stuff about the reviews people are mad about these but this game grabbed my eyes the moment I seen it wouldn't know it existed at all so please do keep doing what you love. Thanks for the reviews man and all the Lysanderoth shit man

[DarkHarpuia]

I can't imagine this would be all that fun to play. As you said, super fiddly, lots of tiny rules that interact with just one or two things, and then there's the whole part about counting your revenue which just seems like a headache. Definitely a candidate for a game that works much better if done through a computer than done manually.

[WillKrause]

It took me FOREVER to realize this was an april fools joke. It is, right?

[Hazlius]

This seems like the sort of game you accidentally play incorrectly the first 5-6 times

[vizthex]

it seems like this works a lot better as a video game, or with a companion app.

[ShellShock]

I'm really sick so I've just been watching every random video I find (I'm not into boardgames outside of like Monopoly or Yahtzee) and these rules completely glazed my eyes over and reminded me of that game from Parks and Rec

[bcdm]

Sounds like it might be a bit better on BGA, which would take care of a lot of the fiddliliness?

[starchilder]

this is one of those games that i probably would like more if it had a different aesthetic.