“Everdell”, “Splendor”, “Wingspan”…these are just a few of the wonderful tableau building games that I’ve had the pleasure of playing in my lifetime. Enter “Earth”, an engine-builder with a very charming and dare I say, earthly theme.  It boasts an impressive array of cards and will task players with building a 4×4 grid, much like in “Everdell”.  Engine building is probably my favorite gameplay mechanic so I admit I’m probably going to be a bit biased, but being human I suppose that’s impossible to avoid.  I love the power creep in engine builders…though 90% of the time these games are typically over just as I get my engine going.  The curse of keeping play times at a respectable length, I guess.

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