Bought it last week. Played a few rounds with my wife straight away, we loved it. Great, quick to learn, fun to play. Looking forward to playing some combo games as I have the other two :)
Fantastic gateway, should demolish the hegemony of Stone Age and Waterdeep However there seems to be a lack of multiple conversion paths if no revealing cards are drawn
I was pretty disappointed with Eastern Wonders, but this one is great. Worker placement is a solid mechanism and they used it in some clever ways (I like the multiple workers spaces, with discounts from the VP cards you're gaining). It's also a fantastic mechanism for tying the mechanisms of the different games together - Being able to use a couple WP spots to interact with the other mechanisms is very clean.
Thanks for another great review, Tom! How do you think this compares to another recent worker placement game - The River? They're both quick and easy to jump in to worker placement games with a similar theme.
Already on preorder along with the playmats. I have eastern wonders and golem edition with their respective mats as well...Now just wondering if it's worth going back and getting the original spice road when I already have golem edition just to complete the set and allow for combining them.
the only thing you use from spice road/golem is the set of merchant cards. Save your money... the ones from golem works just fine if you keep the stone color variation in mind.
Very happy to hear this concludes the trilogy so well. I've held off on buying the 2nd to see how this turned out. Now the question is, are they going to turn out a deluxe set with all 3 games in a year? I could certainly wait if they are. I have plenty of just Spice Road plays itself left in me before I really need anything more advanced or novel.
A good review, but now the real question - at 39.99USD MSRP per game, are the 7 games for $119.97 worth it compared to other $120-ish games out there on the market? (Okay, that doesn't really matter as I do have all three, but I think consumers need to evaluate clever psychological tricks that companies use to make you think "oooh, what a deal" instead of "hmmmm, compared to other games that seems a little pricey for what I'm getting".) Oh, and lets not forget the $3.99 for each of the two _Century: Spice Road_ game, so with those 6 extra cards it brings the total to $127.95 - and that's a lot of money. Maybe if you don't own any of the games and want all three, perhaps they will release a big-box version so you don't have to pay for the bowls and cubes three times over. Then again, they might not ever offer a consolidated version and you'll just have to pay. I guess in the least you can make your own big box and then use the extra 8 bowls as bit bowls and cubes for some print-and-play game.
Its cool. But one of thede games is enough. The original is enough for me. Id have to be a huge fan of this series to buy this. Im happy with the original and i feel the game doesnt need all of this. Plus there are other games id rather play right now.
I thought the same. ... then i played the second title and even though they share mechanism, they don't feel the same at all. So i got it amd one does not replace the other. I even prefer Eastern personally. This third title is also providing a very different feel to it. Much less tense than the previous 2 titles. It's like comparing Caylus to Agricola. They might share some mechanism, but they are really not the same game. The Century titles are like that. They share a common central mechanic, but the rest is completely different.
I sure hope it's a trilogy and not a quadrilogy. I'm a huge fan of Spice Road but the gather-resource-to-fill-out-objectives recipe is quite overused these days. Good work, Mr Matsuuchi, but please, move on.
My fam and I have been playing Century Golem edition every day (yay quarantine), so obvs we love it. What really disappoints me here is the theme that Plan B went with: Native American and settlers? Eeeech. Since it's hard for me to disconnect games from our actual, real-life context, I prefer my games without overt white colonialism. (Yeah, I stopped playing Puerto Rico. ) I wish that we, as a gaming community, were more vocal in critiquing themes that perpetuate harmful narratives... but since this game is already on its way to me, I'll give it a go and hope for a Golem reboot down the road. Thanks for all of your reviews, Tom!
I really like the idea of a simpler worker placement game-- however, the way that you can bump other players off their spaces by using an additional worker makes me wonder if there's a little too much take-that in the game. We're ok with a little bit of take that, but too much can be too much...
I still dont get it, everyone mentions a trilogy but there are 4 games...I feel like Picard "there are 4 lights" . Century: Spice Road, Golem Edition, Eastern Wonders, and now A New World < 4 games...just sayin
I have to say, watching the games you review being tumbled all over the place everytime really upsets me :-( games shouldnt be treated like that! But I like your reviews otherwise.
Really wish those boards were as thick as the Eastern Wonders tiles.
Bought it last week. Played a few rounds with my wife straight away, we loved it. Great, quick to learn, fun to play. Looking forward to playing some combo games as I have the other two :)
I’ve been so curious about this since the announcement of this trilogy.
Edit: Finished the review and now keen to play!
by far the best of the series, the only one that holds up to competitive board eurogamers.
The symbol was a Dreamcatcher. Good review👍
Really wish they make and expansion for Golem Edition!!! :(
Wish I could find Golem edition in the UK 😕
They made an expansion. It's Century Golem: Eastern Mountains - www.planbgames.com/en/all-our-games/92-century-golem-eastern-mountains-pre-order.html
Golem 3 coming August 2020
@@simonb4689 awesome, thanks!!!
Golem edition 🤮
Can't wait for this!!! Emerson is the best
I'm in!... As soon as the Golem version is released...
So, never?
@@hayconsecuencias preorders are open :D
Why? It's much uglier
ordered it with mat, I am so excited.
fastest worker placement ever played in my life. Awesome game
Fantastic gateway, should demolish the hegemony of Stone Age and Waterdeep
However there seems to be a lack of multiple conversion paths if no revealing cards are drawn
I was pretty disappointed with Eastern Wonders, but this one is great. Worker placement is a solid mechanism and they used it in some clever ways (I like the multiple workers spaces, with discounts from the VP cards you're gaining).
It's also a fantastic mechanism for tying the mechanisms of the different games together - Being able to use a couple WP spots to interact with the other mechanisms is very clean.
Thanks for another great review, Tom! How do you think this compares to another recent worker placement game - The River? They're both quick and easy to jump in to worker placement games with a similar theme.
According to BGG, he rates The River a 5.5. So I think it’s safe to say he likes Century 3 a whole lot more :)
I picked this one up without reading any reviews because I enjoyed Spice Road so much. Can't wait to play it myself
All three are awesome
Combo game videos pls of century
I had to look twice, but the hunter on the box is moving when they show the cover, isn't it? Nice, layered editing work, Roy! :)
katzenkotzen oh yeah and the water ripples! I try to do something special for the excellent games!
@@EpicGamingNight that's super cool!! Love that! :)
Iam still wainting for Keyflower review by Tom Vasel
you dont' need his review to buy that game...it's great.
Already on preorder along with the playmats. I have eastern wonders and golem edition with their respective mats as well...Now just wondering if it's worth going back and getting the original spice road when I already have golem edition just to complete the set and allow for combining them.
the only thing you use from spice road/golem is the set of merchant cards. Save your money... the ones from golem works just fine if you keep the stone color variation in mind.
he is VIOLENT with the pieces XD
Really looking forward to seeing how well these games play together.
I'm not sure about this, but I thought I've read somewhere that they'd be planning a Big Box with all 3 games in. Does anyone know anything about it?
I haven’t but I’ve been looking
Very happy to hear this concludes the trilogy so well. I've held off on buying the 2nd to see how this turned out. Now the question is, are they going to turn out a deluxe set with all 3 games in a year? I could certainly wait if they are. I have plenty of just Spice Road plays itself left in me before I really need anything more advanced or novel.
12:03 "Excellent!" ::BOOSH::
Thank you.
Great. Now i can't wait for my preorder to ship.
If I have Golem, is this worth getting even though I"d only ever be able to play it as a standalone game?
Great review Tom! Looks like I'll need to complete the trilogy. 😁
A good review, but now the real question - at 39.99USD MSRP per game, are the 7 games for $119.97 worth it compared to other $120-ish games out there on the market? (Okay, that doesn't really matter as I do have all three, but I think consumers need to evaluate clever psychological tricks that companies use to make you think "oooh, what a deal" instead of "hmmmm, compared to other games that seems a little pricey for what I'm getting".) Oh, and lets not forget the $3.99 for each of the two _Century: Spice Road_ game, so with those 6 extra cards it brings the total to $127.95 - and that's a lot of money.
Maybe if you don't own any of the games and want all three, perhaps they will release a big-box version so you don't have to pay for the bowls and cubes three times over. Then again, they might not ever offer a consolidated version and you'll just have to pay. I guess in the least you can make your own big box and then use the extra 8 bowls as bit bowls and cubes for some print-and-play game.
Needs more Golems!
Hi Tom can u do one for the new Frankenstein Abomination game?
This sounds a lot like Stone Age. Which is better?
Both
Its cool. But one of thede games is enough. The original is enough for me. Id have to be a huge fan of this series to buy this. Im happy with the original and i feel the game doesnt need all of this. Plus there are other games id rather play right now.
Same
I thought the same.
... then i played the second title and even though they share mechanism, they don't feel the same at all. So i got it amd one does not replace the other. I even prefer Eastern personally.
This third title is also providing a very different feel to it. Much less tense than the previous 2 titles.
It's like comparing Caylus to Agricola. They might share some mechanism, but they are really not the same game. The Century titles are like that. They share a common central mechanic, but the rest is completely different.
Can you play it with the Golem Edition too?
No
Sort of - but you'll have to translate the colours as they're different in GE
@@dancondonjones well that shouldn't be so hard...
I really liked Spice Road, but wasn't a fan of Eastern Wonders. This one looks quite good.
I sure hope it's a trilogy and not a quadrilogy. I'm a huge fan of Spice Road but the gather-resource-to-fill-out-objectives recipe is quite overused these days. Good work, Mr Matsuuchi, but please, move on.
There won't be 4 games. They announced early on that it would be a trilogy.
It is a trilogy. It was an expert game at the beginning but they decided to split it to 3 family games, so it interest more people :)
love itttt
My fam and I have been playing Century Golem edition every day (yay quarantine), so obvs we love it. What really disappoints me here is the theme that Plan B went with: Native American and settlers? Eeeech. Since it's hard for me to disconnect games from our actual, real-life context, I prefer my games without overt white colonialism. (Yeah, I stopped playing Puerto Rico. ) I wish that we, as a gaming community, were more vocal in critiquing themes that perpetuate harmful narratives... but since this game is already on its way to me, I'll give it a go and hope for a Golem reboot down the road. Thanks for all of your reviews, Tom!
Erika, this gave me pause as well. I own Puerto Rico and show it to my friends as a novelty but it will never likely play it again.
If only you knew the truth about America... everything's inverted in Satan's little season
I backed it’s a wonderful World, I wars interested by Century before... Now I don’t know... It’ a bit redondant?!
a lot. if you already have any previous century I don`t see a point in playing plain new world ever, I would always play meshing with 1,2 or both
HA! Did that one bowl crack some at the end? heh Maybe just an optical illusion. :-)
I really like the idea of a simpler worker placement game-- however, the way that you can bump other players off their spaces by using an additional worker makes me wonder if there's a little too much take-that in the game. We're ok with a little bit of take that, but too much can be too much...
It’s not take that. If someone bumps your workers you get to use them again. It’s a GOOD thing if you get bumped.
@@willrfrench Ah, good to know, as otherwise it looked pretty good-- I've got the other two, this'll go on my want list.
Like the game, but the component quality of it really turns me off.
I still dont get it, everyone mentions a trilogy but there are 4 games...I feel like Picard "there are 4 lights" . Century: Spice Road, Golem Edition, Eastern Wonders, and now A New World < 4 games...just sayin
Golem Edition is not part of the series. It's just a rethemed version of Spice Road, with other component quality.
Golem is like a spin off or century number one with another theme
Targi destroys all three games.
Reeeaaally?
How so I’m interested in knowing your opinion I have neither
@@blitzs619 not really
@@billable1861 not really
@@billable1861 idk what I was thinking, very different games.
So for those of us that bought the Golem Edition, we are being punished?
How so? Plan B explicitly said that they won’t be doing any more Golem editions after the first one
@@wanplaypause looking back at this comment. There’s 3 Golem Editions now
I have to say, watching the games you review being tumbled all over the place everytime really upsets me :-( games shouldnt be treated like that! But I like your reviews otherwise.
Seems extremely lame. I haven't played any ot them but the second one seems to be the best by far. Anyway, It's the only one I'd buy
All three are awesome ,it is just people with different tastes