Leonardo, Hold my Vino: A Concordia Board Game Review

You can't judge a book by the cover or a board game by the box...but it sure as hell doesn't stop us from trying. I remember when I first came across Concordia, I was repelled by the dead-eyed, body snatcher version of Fran Drescher on the cover. Then I physically picked it up and was equally put off by the weird dimensions of the box. I finished up by flipping over the box and seeing a pretty standard looking map of the Mediterranean. I was putting it back on the shelf when I noticed it was by designer Mac “Master of the Rondel” Gerdts. Hmmm, did I miss a rondel in this game? No? In a moment of 70s induced clarity I thought “But Dad, It's Mac!”