7 Wonders: Armada (New Edition)

Trading with distant cities through the ship routes completely changed how our group plans each age. The island discovery tiles add just enough randomness without slowing the game down.

The box got to my table and suddenly our game nights have a whole new layer of tension—sending your fleet out for distant trade routes while keeping an eye on the neighbor's warship is such a clever twist on the base game. Setup didn't take much longer than usual, and the new ship miniatures feel st

I was a little worried the naval expansion would feel tacked on, but the ship tracks for trading and combat weave into the main game surprisingly smoothly. The new fleets give you another layer of strategy without slowing down a round, which is exactly what I wanted.