Let’s Play Lisboa at Around the Table Games!

Hey Gamers!

We will be playing another very large Vital Lacerda game: Lisboa.
This is a teach while learning game. I will read the rule book and watch a set of videos on how to play; you are encouraged to also watch videos and help teach the game-the idea being that we are all learning it together. Board Game Geeks description and a YouTube tutorial are listed at the bottom.

We usually meet on Mondays and Fridays at 1 PM for larger games at around the table with limited seating. We also meet at Brigid’s Bottleshop on Sundays at 1 PM where we play a variety of games and have more than enough seating for everyone who wants to attend.

Around the Table is a great location that really caters to table top board gamers. They have a great selection of new and used (at reduced prices) games. They allow food to be brought in from outside and there is a Little Caesars and a Subway next to it, as well as an Indian restaurant, a convenience store (which claims to have good Greek food), and a Thai place nearby. They also serve a variety of airfried foods and ice cream (I usually get the brat basket).

Our group is inclusive, and no hate speech will be tolerated.

BGG Write-Up on Lisboa:
Lisboa is a game about the reconstruction of Lisboa after the great earthquake of 1755.

On November 1, 1755, Lisbon suffered an earthquake of an estimated magnitude of 8.5–9.0, followed by a tsunami and three days of fires. The city was almost totally destroyed. The Marques of Pombal — Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo — was the then Minister of Foreign Affairs and the King put him in charge of the reconstruction of Lisbon. The Marques of Pombal gathered a team of engineers and architects and you, the players, are members of the nobility; members who will use your influence in the reconstruction and business development of the new city. You will work with the architects to build Lisbon anew, with the Marquis to develop commerce and with the King to open all the buildings, but the true reason you do all this is not for greatness or fame or even fortune, but for the most important thing of all in that time: wigs.

Lisboa is played on a real map of downtown Lisbon. During the planning of the downtown project, the type of business permitted in each street was previously determined. The economic motor is driven by the wealth of the royal treasure and this treasure is controlled by player actions during the game, making each game a totally different experience. The game ends after a fixed number of rounds and whoever gathers the most wigs by the end of the game wins.

Lisboa is played in rounds. Each round, all players play one turn. They may place one card on their display or replace one card from this display. During the game, players schedule hearings to get character favors, such as commerce, construction, and openings. The iconic buildings score the stores and stores provide income to the players. Players need to manage influence, construction licenses, store permits, church power, workers and money, with the workers' cost being dependent on the prestige of the players.

Here is a teach of the game:
https://youtu.be/i8oObfAR8SY?si=lMYVXI4Vv6n1WN2O