Game Spotlights

Published: March 31, 2022

Devin

Tenpenny Parks from Thunderworks Games

Thunderworks’ latest contribution—Tenpenny Parks—shows how strong the publisher can be, even outside of their comfort zone. Much of their catalog of games has a fantasy theme with strong focus on adventure, exploration, and roleplaying. Tenpenny Parks is another release that deviates from that mold and really sticks the landing.


tenpenny parks logo text painted in yellow on red wooden sign

Tenpenny Parks

At dawn, the trumpets sound, Mayor Tenpenny’s shovel breaks ground, and the race is on! You have five months to transform the humble town of Fairview into the home of the world’s greatest theme parks.

tenpenny parks board game box

Gather your team of bankers, realtors, contractors, builders, and arborists. Construct rides through the stone age, the American old west, the age of fantasy, the cosmos of space, and the depths of the sea.

Inspire thrill, awe, and joy in your guests to earn their tickets, for whoever attracts the most visitors at the end of the race will be awarded Fairview’s Golden Key!


Gameplay

In Tenpenny Parks you have five rounds (months) to transform the humble town of Fairview into the home of the world’s greatest theme parks.

Each month, players take turns placing workers on the game board to take actions like removing trees, building concessions and attractions, and buying more property to make their growing theme parks as attractive to Visiting People (VP tokens) as possible.

Construct rides through the stone age, the American old west, the age of fantasy, the cosmos of space, and the depths of the sea!

At the end of each month, rewards are given to the player with the park that best exemplifies raw emotions (Thrill, Awe, and Joy). After five months, the player with the most VP tokens wins!


Components

  • 1 Game Board
  • 4 Double-Sided Property Boards
  • 12 Double-Sided Expansion Boards
  • 1 Carousel
  • 1 Carousel Ring
  • 40 Concession Tiles
  • 4 Reference Cards
  • 35 Double-Sided Attraction Tiles
  • 14 Goal Cards
  • 35 Attraction Cards
  • 13 Workers (3 per player color, +1 tan bonus)
  • 12 Emotions Discs
  • 50 Tree Markers
  • 1 Month Marker
  • 1 Shovel Token
  • 70 VP (Visiting People) Tokens
  • 56 Money Tokens

Pick up a copy of Thunderworks Games’ Tenpenny Parks today!


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