Crystal Palace

What is Crystal Palace

In Crystal Palace, players take on the role of a nation at the time of the first World Fair in London (1851), trying to create a buzz with spectacular inventions and the support of famous and powerful people.

Crystal Palace is a dice-placement game in which the players themselves determine the stats of their dice at the beginning of each round. The higher the number, the better — but it comes at a price. In the course of the game, dice are placed on eight action locations (Patent Office, Reform Club, London Times, Port of London, Waterloo Station, British Museum, Bank of England, Westminster) in a competition for the best resources, patents, and brains.

In a world of slightly weird inventions, you will meet people like Phileas Fogg, Levi Strauss and Amelia Edwards, and invent gadgets such as the Thinking machine, the Beer glass counter or the Climate changer.

—description from the publisher

Game details

Players

2–5

Age

+14

Duration

150 min

Difficulty

Heavy

Type

Board game

Year

2019

Mechanics

End Game Bonuses · Income · Loans

Categories

Dice · Economic

Designer

Carsten Lauber

Publisher

Maldito Games · Brain Star · Feuerland Spiele · Capstone Games