Status: Available Now!
Description: Drop Site is the winner of the Premio Archimede 2010 Carta Mundi Special Prize for Best Card Game. Drop Site is a game about delivering humanitarian aid to people in need*. If you are able to coordinate your shipments better than anyone else then you will win, but be careful, if you are overly ambitious all your plans might come crashing to the ground!
Designer: Dennis Hoyle
Artist: Paolo Vallerga
Contents: 1 Deck (52 artistically rendered cards) and the rule book
Number of Players: 2-4
Age Requirements: 8 and up
Time Requirements: 20-40 minutes
Time It Takes to Learn: 3-5 minutes (Learn to play online now in less than 5 minutes)
Space Requirements: 2' x 3'
Special Information: Drop Site is a great game for families and friends and will give you lots of quality time with your loved ones! Drop Site is quick to learn and play and you can easily adjust the victory conditions to make a shorter or longer game if you see fit. In Drop Site you are trying to match sets of cards that are constantly changing. In order to score the most points you must be both perceptive and willing to take a lot of small risks!
Review Articles: People have some great things to say about Drop Site! Check out these reviews by others in the industry:
@thecardgamer's review at their website.
@GamesandGrubs's review at their blog.
@islaythedragon's review at their blog.
@Growingupgamers review at their blog.
@GoForthandGame review at their blog.
*A note about the theme: The "debt" represents an organizations stated obligation to help a community. By playing a card in your debt you are vowing to contribute a certain value of aid. The point values on the cards are a sort of efficiency bonus that reward your ability to track down the aid falling from the sky. If you are able to match a 12, for example, you have correctly coordinated a shipment that is arriving, even while it is still a long way off, which is an efficiency savings for your organization. Core premise: It's easy to promise aid to people, but difficult to get it there.
