Glasgow

A two-player city-builder where you hop around a ring of town figures to gather bricks, steel and money.

Designer: Mandela Fernandez-Grandon
Published by: Lookout Games
Editions by: 999 Games, Hobby Japan, Funforge

Glasgow (2020) is a two-player city-builder where you travel the town in an abstract way, collect resources, take special actions and, above all, construct buildings. Build a factory and it pays out goods when other buildings go up in the right spots around it. Build a train station and it may or may not score, depending on what you place next. Build a monument and you simply collect points, which in the end is what matters. A ring of town figures forms a rondel, with two figures removed at random each game. Whoever is furthest behind moves next to any figure they like, usually grabbing brick, steel or money within a limit. About thirty minutes, two players only.

Ring of town figures as a rondelFactories, stations and monumentsWhoever is furthest behind moves next

Who it's for

You want a compact two-player engine of timing and tile placement, something like a small, tricky cousin of a city-building duel.

Not for you if…

You are more than two or want lots of theme. The Glasgow setting is mostly flavor around the puzzle.

Vibe's take

Tight and clever. You always want the next stop on the ring, but every jump changes who goes next, so tempo is the quiet fight.