{"product_id":"saint-petersburg-rio-grande","title":"Saint Petersburg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFour decks, four phases, and one long argument with yourself about whether to spend now or wait.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter the Great is building a new capital out of a swamp, and you are helping — by hiring workers who bring in money, putting up buildings that bring in points, and cultivating aristocrats who quietly do both and get better the more of them you collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engine is beautifully tight. Every round runs through the four card types in the same order, and cards nobody buys come back cheaper next time. So there is always a case for holding off, and always the risk that somebody else takes the exact card you were waiting on. Bernd Brunnhofer's 2004 design is a card game that plays like a much larger economic game, in about an hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the original Rio Grande Games edition, new and still sealed. Out of print — later printings reworked the cards. One copy only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anyone who has ever left something in an online cart for a week waiting for the price to drop, then watched the last one sell. This game is that feeling, on purpose, repeatedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📖 \u003cstrong\u003eNew to the style?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/what-is-a-euro-game\"\u003eWhat Is a Euro Game? Everything You Need to Know\u003c\/a\u003e — what defines a euro, and where to begin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rio Grande Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49653018165400,"sku":"OOP-STPETE-RGG","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.cartellgames.com.au\/products\/saint-petersburg-rio-grande","provider":"Cartell Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}