2020Dan Hallagan
- Videos
- 28
- Creators
- 15
Mainly playthroughs
1 - 6 players30 - 90 minHeavy weight
Obsession
2018Dan Hallagan
- Videos
- 246
- Creators
- 154
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Obsession is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 83 reviews, 55 how-to-play guides, 53 recorded sessions, 39 unboxings, and 16 other videos.
1 - 4 players
30 - 90 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
You are the head of a respected but troubled family estate in mid-19th century Victorian England. After several lean decades, family fortunes are looking up! Your goal is to improve your estate so as to be in better standing with the truly influential families in Derbyshire. Obsession is a game of 16 to 20 turns in which players build a deck of Victorian gentry (British social upper class), renovate their estate by acquiring building tiles from a centralized builders' market, and manipulate an extensive service staff of butlers, housekeepers, underbutlers, maids, valets, and footmen utilizing a novel worker placement mechanic. Successfully hosting prestigious social activities such as Fox Hunts, Music Recitals, Billiards, Political Debates, and Grand Balls increases a player's wealth, reputation, and connections among the elite. Each turn, players choose a building tile representing a room or outdoor space in and around their 19th century British country house. The tile chosen dictates the event that can be hosted and the guests to be invited. Players must carefully plan, however, to have the proper staff available to service the event and support guests as needed. The reward for success is new investment opportunities, permitting further renovation of the estate (acquisition of more valuable/powerful building tiles), an increase in reputation in the county, an expanding circle of influential acquaintances, and a larger and highly-trained domestic staff. Throughout the game, a competitive courtship for the hand of the most eligible young gentleman and lady in the county presents specific renovation and reputation objectives. The player who best meets these objectives while accumulating victory points will win the hand of the wealthy love interest and the game. -description from the publisher
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Which Obsession video should I watch?
Obsession has 246 videos from 154 creators: 83 reviews, 55 how-to-play guides, 53 playthroughs, 39 unboxings and 16 other videos. They date from 2017 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "JonGetsGames - Obsession Tutorial & Playthrough" by Getting Games, which runs 2 h 33 min. For a quicker teach, "Obsession—Example of a Standard Turn" by Kayenta Games (Dan Hallagan) runs 16 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Obsession Review - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 72 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "jPlay plays Obsession (solo) - Part 1" by jPlay, one of 53 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Obsession: Upstairs, Downstairs, Obsession: Characters Expansion, Obsession: Wessex Expansion and Obsession: Promotional Tiles, also by Dan Hallagan. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2023.
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About Obsession
From BoardGameGeek:
You are the head of a respected but troubled family estate in mid-19th century Victorian England. After several lean decades, family fortunes are looking up! Your goal is to improve your estate so as to be in better standing with the truly influential families in Derbyshire. Obsession is a game of 16 to 20 turns in which players build a deck of Victorian gentry (British social upper class), renovate their estate by acquiring building tiles from a centralized builders' market, and manipulate an extensive service staff of butlers, housekeepers, underbutlers, maids, valets, and footmen utilizing a novel worker placement mechanic. Successfully hosting prestigious social activities such as Fox Hunts, Music Recitals, Billiards, Political Debates, and Grand Balls increases a player's wealth, reputation, and connections among the elite. Each turn, players choose a building tile representing a room or outdoor space in and around their 19th century British country house. The tile chosen dictates the event that can be hosted and the guests to be invited. Players must carefully plan, however, to have the proper staff available to service the event and support guests as needed. The reward for success is new investment opportunities, permitting further renovation of the estate (acquisition of more valuable/powerful building tiles), an increase in reputation in the county, an expanding circle of influential acquaintances, and a larger and highly-trained domestic staff. Throughout the game, a competitive courtship for the hand of the most eligible young gentleman and lady in the county presents specific renovation and reputation objectives. The player who best meets these objectives while accumulating victory points will win the hand of the wealthy love interest and the game. -description from the publisher
Designer
Dan Hallagan
Artist
Dan Hallagan
Publisher
Kayenta Games
Categories
Post-Napoleonic
Mechanics