Sunrise Lane

My group plays a lot of heavier euros, so I was surprised how tense the housing race gets here. Picking which plots to develop before someone else grabs them keeps everyone leaning over the table the whole game.

The land-grab phase is way more cutthroat than it looks, and I love that you're never just building houses, you're racing for the prestigious plots before someone snipes them. Taught three new people in about ten minutes and they were hooked by the second round.

I picked this up for game night and the plot-selection tension is way more cutthroat than I expected. Fighting over the prestigious corner lots while everyone else is stuck with the leftovers never gets old. Turns move fast too, so nobody's sitting around waiting.