Table feel
Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but there is less emphasis on cooperation.
Penny Press
Players
2-5
Time
45-60
Age
13+
Weight
2.19
Rating
6.44
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.8
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
3.5
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
2.8
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Penny Press offers a high level of variability with different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their strategies over time. The player interaction score is moderate. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. While it may take some time to learn, the game offers a good balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Penny Press has a strong replayability score of 7.68.
Luck profile
Penny Press has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While players have some ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions, luck still plays a significant role. The game outcome is a balanced mix of luck and strategy.
Overview
Set during the tumultuous 'yellow journalism' years at the end of the 19th century, Penny Press has players taking on the role of newspaper magnates such as Pulitzer and Hearst as they strive to become the dominant paper in old New York City. Players move up on the circulation track throughout the game by publishing newspapers, and they are awarded bonuses at the end of the game for best covering the five news 'beats' or leading news categories of the day: War, Crime & Calamity, New York City, Politics, and the Human Condition. To publish newspapers, players assign some or all of their five reporters to the popular stories of the day. When they're ready, players 'roll the presses' to claim those stories where their reporters have a majority and assemble them on their 'front page' player mat. The score of each press run is determined by the current values in each of the five news beats. Stories also have 'star' values, and the player with the most stars in each news beat gets that beat's endgame bonus. The end of the game is triggered when one player publishes his fourth (in a two- or three-player game) or third (in a four- or five-player game) newspaper. The player who moved farthest along the circulation track is the winner of Penny Press.
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Credits
Designers
2
Robert Dijkman Dulkes
Matt Golec
Artists
1
Mackenzie Schubert
Publishers
1
Asmadi Games
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