Azul: Summer Pavilion

Embark on a journey back to Portugal with Azul: Summer Pavilion, where you take on the role of a master artisan tasked with a royal assignment that was never completed. King Manuel I, after the palaces of Evora and Sintra, dreamed of building a stunning summer pavilion to honor royalty, but unfortunately passed away before construction could begin. Now, it's your turn to honor the king's memory, using the finest materials to create this architectural masterpiece, all while wisely managing your supplies to avoid waste. Get ready for six intense rounds, where each turn you'll select colorful tiles and strategically place them on your individual player board. The dynamic is super cool: each round, a different tile color becomes wild, adding an extra layer of strategy. You'll refill factories with four tiles each and also the central supply. On your turn, you can take all tiles of a non-wild color from a factory (and one wild, if present) or from the center of the table. After all tiles have been claimed, it's time to place them on your board. Your board features seven stars, each awaiting six tiles. Six of these stars are for a single color, and one special star requires one tile of each color. To place a tile, say, on the blue '5' space, you discard five blue or wild tiles (one blue being mandatory) and place one blue tile there. You score points for this tile and for those already connected to it within the star. Completing specific areas like pillars, statues, or windows on your board gives you immediate bonuses, allowing you to take more tiles from the supply. At the end of the round, you can carry over up to four tiles to the next, but beware: discarding more than that costs points! After six rounds, extra bonuses are awarded for completed stars and for covering all spaces with values 1, 2, 3 or 4. Whoever has the most points at the end is the grand master artisan!