...but a lot of pride!
You are the head of a respected but troubled family estate in mid-19th century Victorian England. After several lean decades, family fortunes are looking up! Your goal is to improve your estate so as to be in better standing with the truly influential families in Derbyshire.
Obsession is a game of 16 to 20 turns in which players build a deck of Victorian gentry (British social upper class), renovate their estate by acquiring building tiles from a centralized builders' market, and manipulate an extensive service staff of butlers, housekeepers, underbutlers, maids, valets, and footmen utilizing a novel worker placement mechanic. Successfully hosting prestigious social activities such as Fox Hunts, Music Recitals, Billiards, Political Debates, and Grand Balls increases a player's wealth, reputation, and connections among the elite.
Each turn, players choose a building tile representing a room or outdoor space in and around their 19th century British country house. The tile chosen dictates the event that can be hosted and the guests to be invited. Players must carefully plan, however, to have the proper staff available to service the event and support guests as needed. The reward for success is new investment opportunities, permitting further renovation of the estate (acquisition of more valuable/powerful building tiles), an increase in reputation in the county, an expanding circle of influential acquaintances, and a larger and highly-trained domestic staff.
Throughout the game, a competitive courtship for the hand of the most eligible young gentleman and lady in the county presents specific renovation and reputation objectives. The player who best meets these objectives while accumulating victory points will win the hand of the wealthy love interest and the game.
Curious about it?
The game has received plenty of appraisal from many players around the world, and might interest you for its originality. So why not try it?
Fast and easy, you just have to click the link right below to go to the game page:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=obsession
A game online means a developer behind it, and you're right! It's all up to the excellent adaptation done by hersh that you can try your skills on this game. He deserves a lot of thanks, like the game designer and artist behind this title, Dan Hallagan, and the publisher Kayenta Games. They all deserves our love for this.
**Next week, another amazing release.
**But for now,
Play fair and... take care!
OBSESSION: Stolthed og fordom. Uden terninger...
...men en masse stolthed!
Du er leder af en respekteret, men urolig familieejendom i midten af det 19. århundredes victorianske England.
Efter flere magre årtier er familiens formuer i medgang!
Dit mål er at forbedre din ejendom for at være i bedre status hos de virkelig indflydelsesrige familier i Derbyshire.
Obsession er et spil på 16 til 20 runder, hvor spillere bygger et dæk af victoriansk adel (britisk social overklasse), renoverer deres ejendom ved at erhverve byggefliser fra et centraliseret byggemarked og manipulerer en omfattende servicestab af butlere, husholdere, underbutlere, tjenestepiger, kammertjenere og fodgængere, der bruger en ny worker placement mekanik.
Vellykket værtskab for prestigefyldte sociale aktiviteter såsom rævejagt, musikkoncerter, billard, politiske debatter og store baller øger en spillers rigdom, omdømme og forbindelser blandt eliten.
Hver tur vælger spillerne en bygningsbrik, der repræsenterer et rum eller et udendørs rum i og omkring deres britiske landsted fra det 19. århundrede.
Den valgte brik dikterer den begivenhed, der kan være vært, og de gæster, der skal inviteres.
Spillere skal dog nøje planlægge for at have det rette personale til rådighed til at servicere begivenheden og støtte gæster efter behov.
Belønningen for succes er nye investeringsmuligheder, der muliggør yderligere renovering af ejendommen (erhvervelse af mere værdifulde/kraftfulde bygningsbrikker), et øget omdømme i amtet, en voksende kreds af indflydelsesrige bekendtskaber og et større og højtuddannet husligt personale .
Gennem hele spillet præsenterer et konkurrencepræget frieri for hånden af den mest berettigede unge herre og dame i amtet specifikke renoverings- og omdømmemål.
Den spiller, der bedst opfylder disse mål, mens han samler sejrspoint, vil vinde hånden af den rige kærlighedsinteresse og spillet.
Er du nysgerrig på det?
Spillet har modtaget masser af vurderinger fra mange spillere rundt om i verden, og det kan måske interessere dig for dets originalitet.
Så hvorfor ikke prøve det?
Hurtigt og nemt, du skal bare klikke på linket lige nedenfor for at gå til spilsiden:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=obsession
Et spil online betyder en udvikler bag det, og du har ret!
Det er helt op til den fremragende tilpasning udført af hersh, at du kan prøve dine færdigheder i dette spil.
Han fortjener mange tak, ligesom spildesigneren og kunstneren bag denne titel, Dan Hallagan, og udgiveren Kayenta Games.
De fortjener alle vores kærlighed til dette.
I næste uge, endnu en fantastisk udgivelse.
Men for nu,
Spil fair og...
Pas på!