So you can go in with a preset plan, deciding exactly which buildings you are going to buy. With the original market mechanism, all buildings are laid out and made available to all players right from the beginning. One reason for this dominant strategy problem is Machi Koro Legacy uses the market mechanism of the original game, and not the one that comes with the expansions. I'd rather the game have multiple different and equally feasible strategies that players can pursue from the start. If it becomes a must to pursue a particular strategy, for the sake of denying your opponents, then the strategic freedom of the game is reduced. One possible counter argument is that if everyone knows that's the best strategy, then everyone will fight for it, and as a result, no one will be able to gain an edge over others. Many of our 10 games were won by whoever applied that strategy. There is one particular strategy in the game which I find to be overpowered to the point of being unbalanced. If you are considering getting the game, it is best if you can get a bunch of friends to commit to the campaign beforehand. In December during the Christmas period we resumed and did all nine of the remaining campaigns games within a week. There was a gap after that due to the children's exams. I did all ten games of my campaign with my wife and daughters. You may forget rules and have to relearn. If you swap people in and out, and if the gap between games is large, the kimochi (feeling) and immersion may be lost. The campaign is best played with the same group of friends, preferably without too long a wait between games. The new elements introduced throughout the Machi Koro Legacy campaign are cute, without being overwhelming. One of the biggest joys of playing a legacy game is watching how the story unfolds, how your actions affect the story, how new components and new rules are introduced. This mechanism plays on our greed and tests our risk appetite. However, if you fail, you will lose all progress made so far on your current turn. If you are successful, you may gamble again, hoping for an even bigger reward. There is a particular action type where success depends on a die roll. The other game mechanism I want to mention is a push-your-luck mechanism, which is implemented using a die roll too. If you roll a number that allows an opponent to rob you dry, you can reroll and hope to escape this fate. Rerolls are also a protection against bad luck. Rerolls increase your chances of getting what you want, i.e. Sometimes you can set your town up such that if you roll a specific number, you will earn a windfall. Rolling dice in Machi Koro can be like playing jackpot (slots).
A reroll or two may be exactly what you need to save that one critical turn. The game is essentially a race, so the difference of one turn can mean win or lose.
One important mechanism in the game is the ability to reroll your dice. I won't describe all the new mechanisms in detail, but I will briefly touch on two of them. As the campaign progresses, there will be more and more.
In the first game, there are not many types of buildings to choose from. The overall flow is the same as Machi Koro - roll dice, make money, buy building. However this building is a little pricey at $4. It being blue means you get to earn money on other players' turns too. The Forest building from Machi Koro appears here too. Players will have different starting strengths when they pick different starting card sets. Eventually you'll be able to pick up to four cards, once all four circles have ticks. As the campaign progresses, you will get more cards to pick from, and you will also get to pick more starting cards. This means at the start of a game, you may pick two start buildings from a hand of such building cards. All landmark type buildings have some special ability, so them changing means a change to how you will play.Īt the top right side of the player board you can see four white circles, two of which are ticked. Also, from game to game, the community landmark changes, and your set of three personal landmarks also changes. In some games, the winning condition changes. The cost of contributing to the community landmark is printed on the card itself. The costs of the three landmarks are printed on the player board. To win a game, you must complete the three landmark buildings on your player board, and also contribute to a community landmark building at the centre of the table. You get to name your little town, and you write the name on your player board.
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