Making a functional city and a pretty one are often conflicting goals in strategy games and city builders. Connected houses become towns, connected water tiles form lakes, train tracks join into larger routes, and so on. A bustling town or sprawling wheat field is worth more points than a few connected tiles scattered across the map, so the incentive is to group as many together as possible. At the same time, the randomness of drawing tiles means you need to incorporate unexpected twists into anything you’re building. Dorfromantik is the perfect way to mix the joy of designing an aesthetically pleasing environment with the fun of chasing a high score in a strategy game.