Gone Cardboard: Glenn’s Gallery, Coming from Mayfair Games

Mayfair Games has announced the release of Reiner Knizia’s Glenn’s Gallery in late January or early February 2010. Here’s a description of the game from the publisher:

It’s not easy working for Glenn Willibin, the most notorious art dealer in town. Sure, his gallery is the most respected and diverse, and you and his staff are competing to become [as we are still learning!!!] the most knowledgeable about the trends and traps of the risky world of art speculation. Still, Glenn’s all about one thing: his bottom line. Fail, and you find yourself stripped of your responsibilities. Succeed, and – well, you still have a job in the morning. That’s just the way Glenn is…

You are all employees of Glenn’s Gallery, a prestigious art gallery where you are learning the ins and outs of the business of selling fine art. Your job is to look at trends in the art world, and recommend to Glenn the types of art that are going to attract the most customers. Customers are represented by cards, and at the beginning of each turn, you have a certain amount of information about the customers that will show up this month. However, you also have to watch out for art students, who drive away paying customers! At the end of each month, Glenn looks at the number of customers that have expressed interest in each type of art and rewards (or penalizes) each player based on their choices.

If the above description and announcement sounds familiar, that’s because Mayfair announced the release of Glenn’s Gallery at this time last year for release in early 2009. As I noted at the time, those well-versed in Knizia might recognize that Glenn’s Gallery is a new version of Members Only, previously released only in German in 1996 by the German publisher Blatz.

Glenn’s Gallery is for 3-5 players, ages 10 and up with a playing time of 60-70 minutes and a retail price of $35. This game has been updated on Gone Cardboard.

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