#sagrada

Cuando mi voz se vuelve silencio y tu existencia poesía

hacemos visible lo que nos une.

Para amarse solo se necesita esa oquedad

sagrada donde solo dos caben.

Sagrada is a dice-drafting puzzle game, released in 2017 by designers Adrian Adamescu and Daryl Andrews. The game was nominated for a handful of awards in 2017 and the following years. In Sagrada, players take on the role of glaziers and designers building stained glass windows for the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona.

The game starts by players selecting a set of restrictions that are slotted into their player boards, followed by a player taking two dice per player from the bag, rolling them, and putting them in the display to be chosen from for that round. Then that player chooses one die, places it on their board following the slotted restrictions, with orthogonally-adjacent dice of the same number or colour being illegal. The next player than chooses a die to take from the display, and so forth, until the last player’s time to choose. That player then gets to pick two of the dice to place, and the selection order reverses, with that round’s starting player being the last to choose a die as well. Play continues until each player has chosen 20 dice, and slotted them according to their restrictions, the public objectives, and their private objectives. Points are tallied on the scoreboard (pictured above), with most points winning.

Game design by Daryl Andrews and Adrian Adamescu. Published by Floodgate Games.

Overall Grade: B

Genre: Dice drafting

Price: $$

Players: 1-4, ages 10+

Time: 5 minutes setup + 30 - 45 minutes playtime

Summary: Build something beautiful, and ruin your friends' plans, as you compete to create a stained-glass window out of colorful dice. Strategize to meet goals or prevent others from meeting theirs, adhere to design restrictions, and spend favors to access useful tools. The player who can earn the most victory points is the winner!

Recommended for: Casual game nights, artsy folks, and dragons that hoard dice.

Dziś po raz pierwszy byłam w Barcelonie. I nie wiem czy bardziej czułam się jak w Pradze, czy jak Rzymie, czy jak w Londynie.

En tu presencia, me convierto en un loco risueño, como un niño travieso, cautivado por tu encanto. Anheló un tiempo junto a ti, eterno, sin final, donde minutos, horas, años, sean solo un ritual.

Eres mi dulce perdición, mi dicha infinita, mi razón de existir, mi alma bendita. En el abismo de tu amor, me sumerjo sin temor, deseando que este hechizo sea eterno, mi amor.

Bajo tus encantos, soy un ser manipulable, tu sonrisa, un embrujo, volviéndome vulnerable. Cada momento contigo es pura felicidad, anhelando que nunca termine, esa eternidad.

Así, me transformo en un ser irresponsable, perdido en tus ojos, volando hacia lo inimaginable. Quiero que nuestro tiempo juntos se perpetúe, en un cuento interminable, donde solo existas tú.

Y así, bajo el influjo de tu amor, sin tregua, me entrego sin resistencia, sin ninguna refriega. Eres mi motivo de existir, mi razón verdadera, deseo que este sueño nunca se desespera.