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In Vegas Showdown, players are attempting to build the best hotel/casino in Las Vegas. Players must balance their hotels with enough means to bring in the money, as well as other attractions to draw people in. Players bid on different rooms and attractions and must cleverly place them to score fame points. The player who uses their income the best and brings the most fame to their hotel wins the game. Winner of GAMES magazine's 2007 Game of the Year, Vegas Showdown will have up to four players enjoying not only a terrific auction game, but also one that gives a player the sense of building their own casino.

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Designer(s): Henry Stern
Manufacturer(s): Avalon Hill, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast
Year: 2005
Players: 3 - 5
Time: 75 minutes
Ages: 12 and up
Weight: 1,549 grams
All-Time Sales Rank: #190
Language Requirements: Game components are printed in English. Manufacturer's rules are printed in English. This is a domestic item.

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Average rating: 4 in 1 review.

A Safe Bet

Ryan Davis
December 16, 2005

Vegas Showdown manages to borrow elements from several other games, add very little new ideas, and somehow combine them into a game that is quite a bit of fun.

The goal is to build the best casino, but as anyone who's been to Vegas lately can attest, today's casinos are multi-functional mini- empires. You need restaurants, lounges, theaters, etc. in addition to your gambling options.

There is a bidding aspect for the best "rooms" that seems borrowed from Amun-Re, a building aspect that seems borrowed from Alhambra, and several varying ways to score. There are also some random events that happen whenever new rooms become available. If none of this sounds new, it's really not. But interacting with other players is where it becomes fun.

The game is really all about optimization. Who can best use the rooms, and what are you willing to pay for them? Should you buy something to keep it away from another player? Should you buy something expensive or take a risk by letting it get cheaper? Is your casino layout efficient, or will you have to take a turn to "renovate?"

There are so many options that you always need to be looking at what is best for you, and also what is best for your opponent. This aspect of keeping you on your toes is what makes the game rise above the sum of its parts.

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