Each player takes the Character cards (arranged in order of the profit on the card) and Banner tokens. Each dock ends in a 5th space, a Tower space shared with the dock from the other quadrant in the region. Each quadrant also has a dock protruding from the circular track – there are 4 spaces on each track where Banners can be played.
Just above the colored ring spaces in each quadrant, you will see the order of suits in that region – it is different for each quadrant! Essentially, the color of the quadrant is most powerful, and then the order continues clockwise around the circle. The colors on the track correspond to the four quadrants (also note the the board is split into 2 regions, with 2 quadrants in each region). There is a racing track in the center, and each player puts their Watercraft on the start. The circular board is set on the table, showing the four different quadrants of the city. Opportunities abound in the floating market, but only the keenest trader will prevail!“ Generate the most profits for your trading house by selling goods, befriending the right suppliers, and making bets at the watercraft race. In this game – “Flags of all colors dance in the wind as Navirians converge to Trawl for the long-awaited Banner Festival. I was super thrilled to see that there was a bit of trick-taking in Banner Festival, as that mechanism always piques my interest. In fact, the types of games are so different, it would not surprise me if most gamers strongly preferred one over the other. The games are completely different, and you do not need to have any familiarity with one to enjoy the other. Despite the fact that “Tidal Blades” is the biggest font on the box, be very aware that there are different games! Pay close attention to the subtitles, as it will make all the difference :) In the end, the only thing that these two games share is the first two words in the title (well, and the art). So that you don’t make the same mistake, I’m opening my review with this story. I enjoyed my play of Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef at my dinner, but I was definitely pleased to get a demo of an entirely different game at my meeting – as I was there to look at Tidal Blades: Banner Festival. It was at that meeting that I discovered that Tidal Blades is just the name of the game universe (attributed to Mr Cuddington) in which multiple different games are set in (3 so far as of this review). We enjoyed a nice dinner, played the game, and I went home happy knowing that I had also requested a copy of “Tidal Blades” at my upcoming meeting with Lucky Duck. Tidal Blades Banner Festival was a pleasant surprise from SPIEL 2022… Why? Well, as I was doing my hurried research for the show, I was excited to already have a dinner date set up to play “Tidal Blades” with an old friend. Played with review copy provided by publisher at SPIEL 2022.Designers: JB Howell, Michael Mihealsick.
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