Title: Board Game Review: Skyliners
Author: Munch Bunny
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Published Date: 2016-02-09
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- Developer Z-Man Games
- Distributor Board Games South Africa
- Where we got our copy Board Games South Africa
- Table top type Board Games
- Players 2-4

- Munch Bunny

- 2 years ago

- 4 0

The idea behind the game is real simple, build the city according to your perspective. It is important in keeping your viewpoint in mind versus your opposing neighbour’s viewpoint. This is important as your goals will most probably be the exact opposite of your opposing neighbours goals – the chase is on…

Skyliners starts with a 5*5 block (rows A-E) that forms the foundation of the city. With each player taking turns in placing random white building blocks to the city from their perspective. Giving a unique start to every game through chance.

Now the game can start….

Players take turns in taking two actions at a time. One of these actions must be a construction action, in which the players has to play one of their building blocks, adding to the city. The second turn can be a second construction action, or it can be that of submitting a planning card to the planning office.

What are Planning Cards?

One of the methods to scoring is to submit planning cards. Planning cards are whereby you guess how many buildings you can see within a row (A-E) from your perspective. This aspect of the game seems fun at first, it allows you to plan and construct a strategy, ensuring you manage to get as many correct planning cards submitted before end game. Seemingly fun, but the closer you get to endgame, the faster you realise all your planning and scoring are going down the drain as your neighbour messes with your skyline.

The game has other aspects to it adding some more scoring techniques here and there with its antennas and tallest building, but in general, Skyliners is a very straight forward game. Anyone can play, best played with 4, with a quick play time of 20-30mins.

Positive Node:

The creators made use of fancy little tricks as by using your perspective, the box to keep score and playing the entire game inside the box itself. The game is quick and enjoyable.

Negative Node:

It feels like the game comes down to more luck, chance and your chronological position in the turn taking.

Starting Cards

Planning Cards

Tallest Building Scoring Cards

Second Opinion
Pyro
Skyliners is a really interesting game. I love how they incorporated the game box into the actual game play and scoring. The game play is very strategic if you play with the planning office as you make plans that might be spoiled by other players later in the game. Playing the introductory game the person who starts the game 1st generally wins as the scoring mechanism in the introductory game seems broken and badly thought out. Overall a great game but not something I can play 5 times in a row.

The idea behind the game is real simple, build the city according to your perspective. It is important in keeping your viewpoint in mind versus your opposing neighbour’s viewpoint. This is important as your goals will most probably be the exact opposite of your opposing neighbours goals - the chase is on... Skyliners starts with a 5*5 block (rows A-E) that forms the foundation of the city. With each player taking turns in placing random white building blocks to the city from their perspective. Giving a unique start to every game through chance. Now the game can start…. Players take turns in taking two actions at a time. One of these actions must be a construction action, in which the players has to play one of their building blocks, adding to the city. The second turn can be a second construction action, or it can be that of submitting a planning card to the planning office. What are Planning Cards? One of the methods to scoring is to submit planning cards. Planning cards are whereby you guess how many buildings you can see within a row (A-E) from your perspective. This aspect of the game seems fun at first, it allows you to plan and construct a strategy, ensuring you manage to get as many correct planning cards submitted before end game. Seemingly fun, but the closer you get to endgame, the faster you realise all your planning and scoring are going down the drain as your neighbour messes with your skyline. The game has other aspects to it adding some more scoring techniques here and there with its antennas and tallest building, but in general, Skyliners is a very straight forward game. Anyone can play, best played with 4, with a quick play time of 20-30mins. Positive Node: The creators made use of fancy little tricks as by using your perspective, the box to keep score and playing the entire game inside the box itself. The game is quick and enjoyable. Negative Node: It feels like the game comes down to more luck, chance and your chronological position in the turn taking. [gallery ids="36735,36734,36733"] [second_opinion author="mr.flamer@gmail.com"] Skyliners is a really interesting game. I love how they incorporated the game box into the actual game play and scoring. The game play is very strategic if you play with the planning office as you make plans that might be spoiled by other players later in the game. Playing the introductory game the person who starts the game 1st generally wins as the scoring mechanism in the introductory game seems broken and badly thought out. Overall a great game but not something I can play 5 times in a row.[/second_opinion] [taq_review]

Tabletop Game Review: Board Game Review: Skyliners

Tabletop Game Review: Board Game Review: Skyliners

2016-02-09

Munch Bunny

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Skyliners is definitely a game that has multiple playing options, but the gameplay stays the same, causing every game to be similar to the last. I would not have this game on the dinner table every night, but for a quick and easy ever-so-often game, it works fine.

User Rating: 2.5 ( 1 votes)

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