NOLI
A leaky boat full of great ideas
Designer: Jack Caesar & Alessio Cavatore | Publisher: Riverhorse
PLAYED
Noli should be extremely up my street, or pier in this case. It’s a bidding-based light-Eurogame with a bit of jolly action-dice rolling, some basic powering-up and a whole lot of classic charm. It’s got bluffing, buying and a little bit of randomness. It’s exactly as wonky as I like my games – some weird interactions, slightly odd requests of the players, a slightly drybut-potentially interesting theme (a settlement in the Middle Ages near the place where the basil comes from in Italy? Sign me up!). Sadly Noli doesn’t quite live up to its promise.