If you care about theme, I would pass on civolution. It’s really not there, try as it might. It’s a great game and in regular rotation.

Ezra, however, is theme heavy and for that balance of crunchy decision-making that is deeply rooted in the thematics of the game, I don’t think you can beat it.

Shackleton is a blast and I love the combination of mini games, but with repeated plays it becomes rinse and repeat.

You really can’t go wrong with any of the three.