Vegas Showdown

Players compete to build the most famous hotel/casino. Room tiles representing slot machines, lounges, restaurants, and other casino-related places appear on a central board and the players hold auctions to win the rights to have those rooms in their building, garnering them income, population, or fame. Bidding wars escalate, values fluctuate, and designers renovate until finally the hotel/casinos are put to the test to determine whose garners the most fame.

{
  "game_id": 15364,
  "name": "Vegas Showdown",
  "core_verb": "bid for room tile",
  "decision_shape": "combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "mixed:immediate+delayed",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Auction casino room tiles, then place them on your hotel mat respecting adjacency and door access.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Auction plus polyomino placement is digital-friendly. No app or BGA implementation despite a clean fit; new edition in 2024 may bring one.",
  "direct_digital_port": null,
  "direct_digital_port_kind": null,
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "sealed_auction_round",
    "hotel_floorplan_placement",
    "income_population_fame_tracks",
    "door_access_adjacency",
    "tile_market_refresh"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.6
}