“This is a game in which you…do mechanisms.” Lol. That was great. 😂 The publisher should put that quote on the box!!

Just played this at BGGCON 2022 with 4 first time players of the game and we all agreed the gameplay was buttery smooth. The component color issues you mentioned were a slight issue for us at first, but the colors are beautiful for a Euro and drew us all in. Anyways it was in our top 3 games of the Con. I give it an 8.75 - 9 personally.

That was my favorite Tom outro. Zero f***s given

Just played is at BGG this weekend and was absolutely enamored with this game. We played 2-4 player games in the hot games room And they both played in about two hours and 20 minutes. I would rate this somewhere at the 9.5. Really really enjoyed it.

There's a wheel that allows you to pick dice, there's a king's favor track and you can move your wagon on the board to collect tiles to score points. All this against the backdrop of the Middle Ages. Fascinating and innovative.

Really looking forward to this game!

Could the stated negative that you cannot plan ahead be reframed as a positive that player interaction matters? Maybe the particular style of player interaction in this genre is not liked?

This game was a big surprise to me, love the theme, the artwork beautifully compliments this. I love the smorgasbord of choices, such a great game.

It was really interesting to hear all of your thoughts on Tiletum, I have it but am yet to test drive it. With the generic theme I'm really hoping the mechanisms are outstanding!

I haven't been interested in prior T games, but I'm definitely looking forward to this one. I live for that overwhelming sense of options and things chaining together like in Praga, Golem, etc.

I love these T games. Tekhenu is probably my favorite so far. I am excited to try this one.

Played at BGGCon2022. 4-player game that went very well, smooth turns (with a bit of fun, "don't touch my die!" moments). Easily an "Excellent" rating from me. The "AP" problem seems blown out of proportion compared to any other euro game.

Thanks for the review! Hey what did Wendy mean by "executive actions" at around 13:00?

As I watch more and more of these group reviews, I’m learning that my tastes most coincide with Wendy’s.

If you swallow the components, you come down with a bad case of tile-tum.

As someone who likes a lot of different things in games that others like Tom might find annoying, I definitely agree with Chris and Wendy here. I love when u can theoretically do a lot of things in the game but have specific common scoring goals that set u on certain path. That simultaneously makes the games different and gives u the sense of direction. I also love action points as a mechanic, because I don't mind analysis paralysis and action points give me the sense of Power. The King track also doesn't bother me, as the chance of getting negative points makes u scared, which is both scary and pleasant. And despite what u said in the beginning, I can actually feel the theme of this game through its looks and mechanics. So overall seems like the game for me.

I do believe that analysis paralysis is caused by the players and not the game. I do play with mostly fast players though and I have played it several times now with four players and it’s never gone over 2 hours.

I thought Tom would like this more, not necessarily seal of excellence, but more. Pretty much ever negative mentioned here I was fine with, except I do agree on the King's Track. It sort of felt like "we want a fifth action." Just sort of extraneous to the rest of the game. And we always forgot to flip the discs each round. I strongly disagree with the criticism that the dice wheel isn't balanced where every action gets to be strong each game. That is just part of the variability of the game for me and you need to strategize around it.

The board looks like the who is who of boardgames! Bruges, Strassburg, Troyes, Firenze, Praha, Hamburg... 😀

Sorry, but I LOVE the dice colors. Yes it took a couple plays to settle into my brain, but I just love looking at them. Such a beautiful colour story.

Thought this would be a return to older form and a cleaner well thought out design. Thank you for the candor.

There a few thematic gaps as well... Big one: You first fill your houses with people and only then you build the house with your merchant?!

What exactly does the games in the series together besides by name? The first three games I understood, but now there's no links that tie them together anymore

My first game of this was a 4 player game and it lasted 2h20.

Needs more shades of brown.

I know it's a euro so they're terrified of colors, but how did that dice issue make it through playtesting???

Love when Wendy does the teach! Best nails for sure 😊

PS: Tiletum is a Belgian town. It is not French! It is the old name of a town which is now called Tielt. I have preordered this game, but I am thinking of about cancelling this now based on the review. There seem to be some valid points not making it a very good game which is unfortunate because it is made by two of my favorite designers

OMG that board is it a prototype?

I was excited about this game but Tom’s concerns seem quite valid…

Yeah, couldn't disagree more. This game is great.

Thanks for the review, now we know, that we won't have to buy this game for home collection - color of the dice might become a huge problem for me. Better give it a go at a club or camp with someone else's copy)

AP is not a game problem, it's a people problem. Play with faster players. I have played this three times so far, all with 4 players, and no game took longer than 2h30m.

I think this review belies a fundamental lack of understanding of this game. Given how many games The Dice Tower reviews, this is understandable. I guess it comes with the territory of playing and reviewing so many games - they are whizzing by so quickly that its easy to miss the depth and nuance of any game. But the review is clearly a first impressions rather than a review coming from multiple plays. And thats ok - first impressions matter. But here are the things I heard that tell me a lot of nuance was missed: - Fairs are not necessarily mandatory. A good part of the game around the fairs is deciding which ones to participate in and which ones to forego for other, bigger scoring opportunities. - Fairs do not completely dictate your strategy. They are one scoring element of many in the game. Even if you only focus on fairs, you will have to do many other things in order to win. What those things are change from game to game due to high variability in the game's setup. - End game scoring is not lackluster and exceeds the scoring potential of most fairs. It is challenging but very possible to get six pillars and six houses out for 36 points. This meets the max possible for any fair. - Tom said something like (I'm paraphrasing), "and even if you go all in for end game scoring, the other players will score for those things too so your benefit will be blunted." This is literally true for every other part of the game as well. It is a game of differentials between players on all fronts - fairs, cathedrals, end game, king track, etc. - There is not a "once the leader always the leader" problem with the king track. The gap closes every round as players in the negative move back up to zero but the players in the positive stay where they are. Unless someone invests heavily in the king track, they won't stay ahead - and if they are doing that, they are paying opportunity costs elsewhere. - Speaking for the non colorblind, saying the dice color is "a huge problem" is a gross overstatement. This is such a minor issue and saying it is "huge" may put people off of a great game for a bad reason. All of the above (except dice color) are also a strong function of the huge amount of random setup. From one game to the next, what actions provide "meh", "good" or "great" payoffs will change and it is clear that the design intent was to present players with this variable set of tradeoffs to puzzle through.

The game was enjoyable but not memorable if that makes sense. Tzolk’in is still a better game imo.

The dice are not that bad, play Earth and you will see how bad a colour choice can be. Worst is the lack of even baggies to put all the components in.

Most European languages have similar pronunciations for vowels: A=ah E=eh I=ee O=oh U=oo They're rarely as long as they are in English, though. So my guess would be TEE-leh-toom. (German and the Slavic languages are like English in that they have different pronunciations for each vowel. But the differing sounds are usually accompanied by a diacritical mark - like the German umlaut - so if you don't see them, just use the Romance pronunciations above and don't draw any of the vowels out.

I could feel my eyes glaze over during the overview. The dice selection mechanic is cool with the inverse resource and action points, but how they're used for the rest of the game where you do a bunch of random stuff to fulfill little point scoring formulas just seems super arbitrary and boring. I have Teotihuacan and Tekhenu, and I enjoy both, but I think I am just over these kinds of games. They take too long to set up and teach, and unless you only have a few games and you're playing these frequently, I feel like you forget a lot of rules and I you have to almost relearn the game again each time you play. I also have Tabannusi, but I haven't played that yet.

To quote, “Those who are AP prone. they value winning above all else and end up monopolising the time at the time. Born out insecurity, but manifests in selfishness”.,

Why is this game so popular? It looks super boring and fiddly.

Saying 'building buildings' should be banned from all game reviews.

One of the most beige games to come out lately. Unoriginal, no theme at all and as Tom said, the amount of AP this game generates is insane. The King track particularly just felt like a tacked on element that's not even worth persuing.

In my opinion, Tom shouldn't be allowed to review any eurogames or be even near one. We knew already that the final scoring will be between 5 - 6.5. You can feel that he's hated it from the beginning hehe!

This game looks boring as hell. I dont get why people want to play games that just have a TON of stuff to do. I like games that are focused and your trying to achieve a particular objective. Not, Oh I can do this, and I can do this or I can do this for Points on this track and different points on that track...its just too much. Games should have a clear single focus. I'm not a fan of Point salad games, that have every known game mechanism thrown in just for the sake of throwing them in and then slapping a paper thin theme over it. This game is a strong "No thanks" for me.

Tom what do you think of heat! ?was hoping to see you on that review instead of this boring one .

To quote, “Those who are AP prone. they value winning above all else and end up monopolising the time at the time. Born out insecurity, but manifests in selfishness”.,