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Aug 11, 2025·How to play·10:00·14·Watch on YouTube

How to Play Shelf Control! (Tutorial)

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Watch “How to Play Shelf Control! (Tutorial),” a how-to-play guide for Shelf Control from confettipieces on BoardGameVideo.

Shelf Control

Shelf Control

Sam Zeng

2 - 4 players
40 - 90 min

About Shelf Control, from BoardGameGeek:

Build the best library in town by filling it with the most popular books! In Shelf Control, each player is given a set of empty shelves, some coins and meeples (bookworms) to fulfil their mission of reviving the dead town of Isidore. This nail-biting game is played round by round until any player accumulates a total of 16 popularity and wins the game! Each round has 2 phases; the turn-based phase and the purchasing phase. On the turn based phase, each player takes a turn to collect government funding, purchase books, ask for a sponsorship, host a book drive, sort out their storage, use a bookworm and refresh their library. On the purchasing phase, each player can choose to select a book from the marketplace to purchase. —description from the designer

Designer

Sam Zeng

Publisher

Self-published

Categories

Card Game

Mechanics

Hand ManagementResource Management
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Shelf Control

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