New York 1901

[dirk2112]

New York 1901 is another game my family loves.  The rules are very simple and the setup is very easy.  You can spend your turn increasing your real estate to build massive structures or prevent your opponent from doing so. 

Pros:

• Nice components and building artwork
• Fun easy gameplay
• Sim City feel
• Building placement has a sort of Tetris feel
• Fun to decide what buildings to keep and which to demolish
• Family won't need to play Monopoly ever again
  

Cons:

• New York is the theme of too many games
• Not enough street value cards to give enough variety
• Small original ticket to ride sized cards
• There was a small expansion, but it sold out within hours and Ebay resellers want way too much for it.

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[Decar]

A merit for your suggestion and mini-review. I saw a few videos of people playing this at Essen/Rahdo and it definitely looked good.  I'm still waiting to play a game with someone to get an idea if I'll really enjoy it or not, but it's definitely on my watch list

[dirk2112]

I don't know about your area, but a number of board game stores near us have this on their DEMO table.  You can play it with 2 players and have a good time.  You can play a full game in ~45 minutes, so you won't have to spend all day in the store.  You will know within 15 minutes if it is for you or not. 

Thanks for the merit!  I'll probably throw a couple of other mini-reviews up here on future dates.  Takenoko or Splendor may be up next.