Colors of Paris

You are a painter in Montmartre, taking part in a friendly workshop contest called Bateau Lavoir, with the newspapers watching and a shot at fame on the line. Your resources are paint tubes, color mixtures and time, and every round you pick from a rotating set of actions to turn them into finished works. The twist is that you have to guess what the others will do and be in the right spot when your action comes around. It is a worker-placement game with drafting and contracts folded in, calm and tidy rather than cutthroat, and the color mixing gives it a logic you don't see in other economy games. Think of an art-school rivalry where the only fight is for the best easel.