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Drop Site

Players

2-4

Time

20-40

Age

8+

Weight

1.57

Rating

6.06

Fit

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.8

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Drop Site has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, there is a lower emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

Drop Site has a high variability gameboard, offering 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 allows players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is average. Drop Site scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The game is moderately easy to learn, offering a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Drop Site has a strong replayability score of 7.6.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Drop Site is 7, indicating a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Drop Site, the winner of the Premio Archimede 2010 Carta Mundi special prize for best card game, is a game about coordinating humanitarian aid shipments. As parachutes of aid drift (quickly) to the ground, players must do their best to predict where aid shipments will land. This aspect is represented by players hiding cards in their "debt" pile in hopes that these cards will later match the face-up cards in the middle of the table. Players score points for every card (aid shipment) they are able to accurately predict by the end of the round, scoring more points for shipments they were able to spot while they were still high up in the air, but losing points for cards they were unable to match. Drop Site is fast-playing, intuitively strategic, professionally manufactured, and easy to teach and learn.

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Credits

Designers

1
Dennis Hoyle

Artists

2
Güray Emen Paolo Vallerga

Publishers

3
Bellwether Games Cartamundi Gordion Games

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