Comments on: Oranienburger Kanal: Construction Along the Canal Banks https://gamewardbound.com/oranienburger-kanal-solo-first-impressions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oranienburger-kanal-solo-first-impressions A Solo Board Game Blog by Jessica Sun, 29 Oct 2023 22:50:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jessica https://gamewardbound.com/oranienburger-kanal-solo-first-impressions/#comment-1158 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 22:50:36 +0000 https://gamewardbound.com/?p=11036#comment-1158 In reply to Yannis Guerra.

Thanks for sharing your detailed thoughts! I can definitely see how it can improve with more experience and understanding how everything works. Nice to hear that the campaign mode might be the ideal way to play, too. The hidden resource limitations are also great to bring up: Seems like there’s a lot more to it!

Although I’m still on the fence just based on my own personal playing style, this is one that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to someone who’s interested in it. So much to discover, and I do love games that reward multiple plays. Best of luck the next time you play!

]]> By: Yannis Guerra https://gamewardbound.com/oranienburger-kanal-solo-first-impressions/#comment-1157 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 17:30:22 +0000 https://gamewardbound.com/?p=11036#comment-1157 I hope you give it a try again.
I was very happy to find how much depth of strategy and tactics it has. You start learning tricks to improve your score every game, and each deck behaves very differently.
In regards to the buildings being revealed slowly, I think it helps with the analysis paralysis, but also puts a bit of a long term planning effect, as once you have played a bit, you realized that X green building fits well with Y orange or Z blue building, and it is super satisfactory having the perfect spot to place them to get triggered as they come up.
It does reward multiple plays, I almost always play the 3 games campaign mode, as it also teaches you some of the hidden resource limitations (how many water and railroad actions you have for example), and forces you out of the comfort zone of not doing a particular action that you may not like.
A hidden gem for sure, not helped by the graphic appearance, but one that I’m always happy to return to. My BGG profile says I’ve played 5 times, but I count each separate 3 game campaign mode as 1 play, so I’ve really played it more than that…and now I want to go back and play it again!

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