The Colonists

Description from the publisher: In The Colonists, a.k.a. Die Kolonisten, each player is a mayor of a village and must develop their environment to gain room for new farmers, craftsmen, and citizens. The main goal of the game is full employment, so players must create new jobs, educate the people, and build new houses to increase their population. But resources are limited, and their storage leads to problems that players must deal with, while also not forgetting to upgrade their buildings. Players select actions by moving their mayor on a central board. The Colonists is designed in different levels and scenarios, and even includes something akin to a tutorial, with the playing time varying between 30 minutes (for beginners) and 180 minutes (experts). The Colonists FAQ

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  "game_id": 192836,
  "name": "The Colonists",
  "core_verb": "step mayor, take action",
  "decision_shape": "combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Submission"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Walk your mayor 1-3 spaces around a central rondel of action wedges; convert resources up the building tech tree.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Hard",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Six-hour playtime, deep tech tree, and tile-laden tableau make sessions punishing on mobile; great fit for desktop port that hasn't happened.",
  "direct_digital_port": null,
  "direct_digital_port_kind": null,
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
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