Hello again David,

Thanks again for another comprehensive reply.

That does sound excellent and very, very expansive – especially for an expansion! It’s almost like Viticulture v2 by the sounds of things. I don’t think I’ve seen what I would call an expert expansion on that scale for quite a while. I may well track it down!

Thank you for your feedback and the extra info – don’t forget to check back on Monday for our Fog of Love review, the game is fab so I’m very excited about that one going live.

Regards
Matt

Hi Matt. I would say yes, Tuscany definitely adds more to the Essential Edition. You get three new modules, and the rulebook suggests (and I totally agree) that you add them all into the game. One module gives you Specialist Workers – a deck of worker abilities and new sets of painted meeples; two of these are chosen at random at the start of the game, and everyone can train one or both (for a +£1 fee) but they have to replace one of your standard workers. The second module gives you Structures – a new orange deck plus an extension to your player board; you can build structures onto this board (or in empty fields) which give you additional abilities. However the third module is by far the biggest game changer – you get a bigger board with space for the new Structures deck, plus a map where you can claim influence for bonuses and end-game points… PLUS a fairly major overhaul of the wake-up / turn order table AND action spaces for every season! Each wake-up time now gives you a bonus at the start of every season, so planning what you’re going to do in the current year – and the next year – becomes an even more important part of the game. As you can probably tell, I’m a bit of a fan of Tuscany:EE 🙂

Hi David, thanks for the reply and the positive feedback! Do you feel that Tuscany adds enough for players of the Essential Edition? I know it includes much more than just the Grande Workers and the Fields, but I just wondered if the rest of the content in isolation is still compelling. Am I right in understanding that there is a new board as well?