PLAYED
SPECTACUL AR
Animal magic
Designer: Eilif Svensson and Åsmund Svensson | Publisher: Chilifox Games 20-30m 1-610+ £34
Castles of Burgundy was one of the first hobby games I fell in love with. I still play regularly and while a few other similar tilelayers have stuck around on my shelves (notably Maori and Fertility), most others have fallen short. I’m pleased to say Spectacular has once again bucked that trend.
Spectacular is played over 15 turns, on each of which you’ll simultaneously choose two items (dice and/or tiles) to add to your animal reserve. Your board has 20 spaces which can hold a tile and a dice, so you won’t quite be filling it. Tiles must match by colour to make scoring areas while placing dice onto them increases their scoring value.