Ginkgopolis (2012)

“Everything in this game comes together in this just amazingly, almost like a perfect package.”(1:00:26)

“But Ginkgopolis is hands-down one of the best games I've played. Ever. Period.”

“The abstract look of Ginkopolis belies just how colorful and unique it really is. In this tile-laying city building game you'll be using cards and tiles to expand the city outwardly as well as building up, creating stacks of tiles.”

“This game has everything really i'm really impressed with it and i think it's really cut its own space”(19:39)

“Mechanically I thought it was genius. I've not seen anything like it. I love the way that new cards enter the game and I love the fact that when you over build it builds up your engine, it's got engine building, it's got this, it's just brilliant.”(2:00:34)

“I really really like this game the first time i played it like i said it was very confusing but uh the more every time i played it my appreciation for it grows pretty exponentially”(1:17:36)

To wrap this up, it’s hard not to recommend Ginkgopolis. It exhibits a rich skeleton of rules buttressed by a highly social, engaging play experience that consistently leaves our game nights buzzing with stories.

In our feature, we discuss her favorite game, Ginkgopolis plus a few of her recent favorites and upcoming games to watch. Finally, in the feature, Steph digs into why Ginkgopolis is her favorite game...

“I really did enjoy this one, I'm giving it a solid nine out of ten with a sealer distinction for the solo mode only, you know, it gave me a really good interesting puzzle game with some tactical options and a little bit”(12:49)

“And that is Ginkopoulos. Uh absolutely fantastic game. Uh Xavier, you did a fantastic job. We really enjoy it. Looking forward to whatever you put out next.”(37:59)

“Ginkgopolis is a great game for all player counts. For people wanting to take a step up into mid-weight games, it might take a couple of plays to really start to understand the range of options you have available.”

“Ginkgopolis is still in my Top 5 games, it didn’t fall that far.”