Skara Brae

My group's first play took almost two hours because we kept debating which settlers to feed first, but that tension is exactly what makes it fun. The resource juggling between clothing and shelter never feels random, and the drafting keeps everyone paying attention between turns.

The worker placement and card drafting flow together so smoothly that even my group of casual gamers picked it up by round two. Watching your little settlement grow as you juggle feeding everyone with new housing is genuinely tense in the best way.

We’ve played this four times in two nights already, and the way the drafting and worker placement feed into each other makes every round feel like a fresh puzzle. It’s got that perfect tension where you’re always one resource short, but the settlers keep growing and you just can’t stop.