By all rights this game should be boring. To describe it sounds like work, to play it feels like work. And yet somewhere in between the magic happens, and you have a lot of fun. Let’s have a look. Power Grid plays 2-6 players, where players assume the roles of entrepreneurs each creating a start-up within their home state. However, like Newton and Leibniz everyone happened upon the same idea at the same time; supplying power to the people. The game has a unique winning condition whereby the winner is the player who can provide power to the most cities. To do this, you’ll need: power plants, suspenders, power grids, a calculator, fuel, a green eye shade, and money to buy all of these. How to Play The rule breakdown gets a bit confusing, more so if you try and follow the rulebook. I’ll do my best, but offer no guarantee that you’ll come out any more knowledgeable. To begin there are five phases to each round: Determining player order Auctioning power plan...
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