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In World Wonders, players take on the role of great leaders of the past building out their own ancient city with roads, towers, and buildings. Players manage their gold to buy tiles, increase their economy, and construct iconic world monuments to create the most prestigious ancient empire.

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The Verdict

based on 34 reviews

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Mixed 0%
Gorgeous, chunky 3D wooden monuments and components
Tense push-your-luck monument timing and money decisions
Simple rules, easy to teach, family-friendly
Satisfying puzzly tile placement with multiple scoring paths
Downtime and overlong play at four or five players
Ambiguous monument rules and iconography; easy placement mistakes
Too light or not innovative for experienced gamers
Little direct interaction between players
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Board Game Gumbo, View all posts by BJ from Board Game GumboArticle

“There is a lot to like about World Wonders. But the best thing about World Wonders, what shoots it up somewhere into my top six games for 2023, are the last two rounds.”

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Meeple Mountain, Andy MatthewsArticle

“World Wonders is excellent, and I can’t wait to play it again.”

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Liege of Games, Liege of GamesVideo

“This is a great middleweight more accessible polyal laythings down game than I was expecting this has actually exceeded”(13:24)

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MarcoOmnigamer, MarcoOmnigamerVideo

“This game is phenomenal, just phenomenal. I love it. I love how it looks, the components are amazing.”(10:48)

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Unfiltered Gamer, Unfiltered GamerVideo

“I think you're going to love world wonders I did I'm keeping this game for a a while at least I'm going to leave it in my collection because I want to play it a few more times with some friends”(17:42)

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The Board Game Family, TrentArticle

“As you might have guessed from my intro, World Wonders scores very high on my “let’s play again” game meter. I was immediately stuck with it on my first play and I could hardly wait to play it again.”

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The Dice Tower, The Dice TowerVideo

“I'm telling you, this is going to be one of the bigger games of this year. It's a lot of fun. That's World Wonders.”(23:13)

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Specifically Solo, Specifically SoloVideo

“World Wonders though, really, really great game from Arcane Wonders. I've played it a lot, I will continue to play it, and again I said I don't, I don't love polyomino games most of the time, but this one I really, really enjoy.”(21:47)

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Love 2 Hate, Love 2 HateVideo

“I do really like this game um I really like polyomino games to begin with so maybe I'm already a little biased about it but for me this is an incredibly different polyomino game it's not your standard polyomino”(26:07)

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No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffa, No Fluff Solo Gaming with John LaRuffaVideo

“World Wonders, in my opinion, is almost better than it has a right to be in this day and age of gaming, and the reason I say that is because it's just fun to play even though it is somewhat a basic game.”(8:42)

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Board Game Museum, Board Game MuseumVideo

“This game is great, I love this game, it's a puzzle game, so anybody that enjoys puzzle games I think would definitely enjoy this game.”(8:44)

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Hungry Gamer, Hungry GamerVideo

“I am chuffed by this game I think it's a lovely puzzle it looks beautiful I really enjoy it and I and I put it right up there with furnace as these simple games that you can get from Arcane Wonders that are just very simple but so very reward”(13:30)

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