AZUL

The tile-drafting tension had my whole table second-guessing each other by round three, which is exactly what I want from a game night. The palace wall artwork is genuinely gorgeous too, way prettier than most of the cardboard fillers on my shelf.

The chunky resin tiles feel great to hold and the Moorish palace artwork is gorgeous. My wife and I played three rounds our first night and the drafting decisions stayed tense the whole way.

The tile-drafting mechanic is deceptively simple until someone takes the piece you needed and you're stuck with a pile of penalty tiles. The Moorish tile art looks even better in person than in the photos. We've taught it to four different couples now and everyone picks it up in one round.