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Azul: Stained Glass Of Sintra Reviews

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Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra is the sequel to the incredibly popular Azul, from the same designer, Michael Kiesling, and the same publisher, Next Move Games. Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra maintains some of the core tile drafting mechanisms of Azul, but introduces new tile laying techniques and a new theme. In Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra players are challenged to select colourful glass panes to adorn the windows of the chapel of the Palace of Sintra in Portugal. Each turn, a number of market tiles will be filled with four random transparent plastic tiles, drawn at random and in a possible five different colours. On a player’s turn they will select to take all the tiles of one colour from a market location and add them to one column in their player board, representing a stained glass window. Tiles must be placed on a spot of a matching colour and any extra tiles will be wasted, resulting in a deduction of points. With the introduction of the glazier pawn, the columns into which you can place tiles are limited unless you skip a turn to reset the pawn. You’ll also need to plan ahead carefully to ensure you are getting the most points out of every column you complete, timing it to complete on the right turn for bonus points and also trying to make the most of gaining extra points for columns already completed. To add even more variability, each column is double sided and flips over once complete, so the game setup with be very different every time. Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra offers a different experience to the original Azul, which may be slightly more challenging and suited to experienced players. Much like Azul, the experience is improved with fantastic components as well as the puzzly gameplay. Player Count: 2-4 Time: 30-45 Minutes Age: 8+

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Great game, I bought the Stained Glass version of Azul after I played the original tile version with some friends. It's slightly more "complex" in that there are a few more things to consider when playing, but I wouldn't say more difficult. The design of the game means that the layout and therefore gameplay is different every time you play. The glass pieces aren't quite as nice as I'd hoped after playing with the lovely tiles in the original, but they're still fine. Finally the game includes several concessions to those with impaired sight or colour blindness. However, the player colours could have been chosen better - blue and grey are very similar!!
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Posted 4 years ago
#232481 - Awesome game and prefer this to the original version of Azul as no two games are the same. Beautifully made game and easy to learn.
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Posted 5 years ago