The $8 pawn shop game that taught me how to win at any euro game

Picked up this beat up copy of Tigris and Euphrates at a thrift store for eight bucks last month. The trick that finally clicked for me was blocking other players' external conflicts by placing my own leaders right next to theirs early on - keeps them from expanding while I build up my own kingdoms. Has anyone else found that old Knizia games have weird tricks that apply way better to modern stuff than you'd expect?

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sean78225d ago

Knizia stuff hits different. The old school math is still better than most new designs.

susan13014d ago

Whoa, hold on, that early leader placement trick actually works in Concordia too? I thought that was just a Knizia thing for his own games. That's wild to hear it translates over like that. I've been playing Concordia for a while and never thought to try that. It makes sense though since both games are about efficiency and blocking people. I'm honestly a little shocked you pulled it off in a different designer's game.

norab2125d ago

That early leader placement trick is legit and @sean782 is right about the math holding up. I used the same thing to shut down someone's engine in Concordia last week and it bought me the time I needed. Knizia really did figure out the core loops before anyone else.