Thurn and Taxis
To wind down the last day of PAX, Mikey and I decided to give yet another board game a try. Based on a recommendation from a PAX volunteer, we gave Thurn and Taxis a spin.
Thurn and Taxis revolves around the premise of building a postal system that connects the cities on the board together. You are rewarded with points for how “well connected” you are. Being a Rio Grande game, it has a similar “end game” situation as Puerto Rico and Stone Age, in that, you’re not trying to be the first player to reach X amount of points. You’re just trying to be the player with the most points whenever scenario X happens to end the game.
Overall, our search for a game comparable to Settlers left us wanting. Perhaps our focus is all wrong. Maybe we should simply find a game that’s a “good enough” alternative to Settlers, for those nights when we’re all “settled out”, because maybe we’ll never find a game as good as Settlers. Then again, Board Game Geek has Settlers ranked only 41st overall, with both Puerto Rico and Stone Age ranked above it. Meh.
