The Guardian calls Century: Spice Road "slick and fast-paced," noting also that the game's "speed and simplicity mask some real depth.

"[2] Owen Duffy of Ars Technica calls it a "tight, brain-teasing card game.

[5] Another review at Ars Technica states that it is "slightly more complex" than Splendor, and that it is "an absolute joy to play".

[1] Two official Century: Spice Road mini-expansions have been published as Bonus Cards Sets with unique mechanisms to introduce new strategies.

In this new version, players trade crystals and compete to build golems, and it features new art and a new setting, in a fantasy world called Caravania.