Wordof advice; never use the descriptor "Worker Placement" to entice non-board gamers. In terms of raw appeal it's only slighter above "Economic Management" and miles behind "Party." The epidemic has reduced my playtest group to my parents and younger brother, who I had to convince to play a 90-minute Hand Management Worker Placement game. Thankfully, Margraves of Valeria is not your run-of-the-mill Eurogame, but a board game ambassador that manages to make building a cardboard engine engaging.