Overview
At a glance
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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Highly interactive
How it plays
How does it play?
Game description from the publisher: Immerse yourself in the colorful world of fortune-tellers and snake dancers. Visit a time when traveling circuses of men, women, and beasts were able to enchant entire villages by means of feats, songs, and stories.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Commodity Speculation
Buy or influence goods whose values change before they are sold or scored.
Chaining
Link actions or effects so one result enables the next part of a sequence.
Stock Holding
Acquire shares whose value depends on companies, assets, or player actions.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Enclosure
Surround spaces or pieces to claim territory, capture, or score.
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Game description from the publisher: Immerse yourself in the colorful world of fortune-tellers and snake dancers. Visit a time when traveling circuses of men, women, and beasts were able to enchant entire villages by means of feats, songs, and stories. In Spectaculum, you determine the paths on which four traveling shows journey through an entire kingdom. On their travels, the entertainers are acknowledged with much applause, but may also get some jeers for poor performances. You determine which shows are worthy of your financial support, but be careful of which entertainers you sponsor - only those with successful shows can help fill your coffers. Whoever turns out to be the most prudent patron by amassing the greatest wealth wins the game.