The card’s ability is often not related to the type but broadly speaking the constructions tend to have more “game breaking” abilities or strong ongoing effects compared to the critter cards. Additionally, if you have a construction already in your city, you are able to play the matching critter card for free. For example if you have the twig barge built in your city then you can subsequently play the barge toad card down for free rather than paying two berries. Advanced Gameplay

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Law, Keith (December 18, 2018). "The Best Board Games of 2018 Party games, town-building, reissues, and more". Vulture . Retrieved January 18, 2019.If you are looking to bring a bit more variation to lower player count games of Everdell, then Newleaf is really a need rather than a recommend. This expansion brings the station which gives you new focus to gain big points other than the basic and special events, as well as three more station places which behave like the meadow so you will have more choice as the game goes on. Round Up

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Hall, Charlie (December 11, 2018). "The best board games of 2018, as chosen by the Board Game Geek community". Polygon . Retrieved June 27, 2019. There are broadly speak two “flavours” of cards. These are the construction cards and the critter cards. Construction cards are generally more expensive, and cost resin, pebbles and/or wood to build. The critter cards will always cost berries. Generally you will find these a little easier to come across than perhaps pebbles, but I will say that scarcity of resources is a constant feeling when playing Everdell! These could be things like an ongoing discount of a berry when playing critter cards, or perhaps gaining two twigs each time you activate the green cards in your city.Critters and Constructions on the Station can be played to your city just like cards in the Meadow. However, beside each Station card is a corresponding train car tile. When you play a card from the Station, you also gain the benefit on the train car tile, usually resources, but sometimes points! Then the tile is discarded and a new one is drawn from a bag. Everdell was nominated for a Golden Geek award for Best Artwork and Presentation. [8] Expansions [ edit ] The Reservation Tokens allowing you to reserve a Meadow or Station card for yourself is similar to mechanics in other games, so it’s nothing revolutionary, but it can change the dynamic of the game significantly. It can allow you to better plan future turns, or it can lead to more direct player interaction in the form of reserving a card you know an opponent wants. Everdell is one of my favorite games, so when I get to add more expansions and get even more Everdell, it’s great! Newleaf is a great expansion that adds so much to the game, but without changing the mechanics up too much.