…suit cards, two weak suit cards from different suits or the pagat, which you must then immediately play on the first trick. So, solo bids are like any other game, but the other bids you make with hands you most certainly wouldn’t bid up in other tarot games. Hand with four kings would spell trouble…
…I’ll get back to that later. The other currency is time. You mark the time spent on the time tracking board. It tells which player gets the next turn: the player who has spent the least time gets to move. If you choose patches that don’t take much time, you can get multiple turns in…
…2–5. I wouldn’t play with two. The five-player game likely requires somewhat swift players to be pleasant. I’ve played with four and five and like both. Who can play? The age recommendation is 14+. That’s too high. Of course, finding kids that are interested in a dry spreadsheet like this might prove hard, but especially…
…compelling: the exciting German elections. Politics, and not even domestic! How can I be interested in that? Well, I can. First of all, it’s been ranked highly — it must be a good game. The mechanics look interesting, complex and deep, while being logical and clear. Despite the long length, there seems to be little…
…to wage a war. I think it’s fairly obvious these guys have played Catan. However, Travian is a completely different experience. There’s some optimization: how do I best use my resources to grow fast (obvious answer is, of course, to invest the resources back in resource production), which buildings I need to build… There are…
…basics I get: avoid ending moves in tight curves, try to judge when and how to use your precious engine points, yes, but the game just felt a bit too simple. We raced six laps on the shortest course in the book, and it felt a bit too long to sustain interest. Next up we…
…rating of 6.5. I think the game deserves better ratings, really. Why? Because it was fun. There’s nice tension — you’d like to get cards so you can buy skyscrapers, but getting cards prevents you from doing something else that’s potentially interesting. What comes to the problem of people placing businesses and thus ruining the…
…to producing more shares). So, success. Next, I’ll introduce him to Antiquity… Two competing kingdoms in Roads & Boats. #boardgames #boardgame #splotter Kuva, jonka Mikko Saari (@mikkosaari) julkaisi 30. 06ta 2015 klo 4.51 PDT I decided I’ll try to give this old blog a bit of a boost, so I’m going to post these posts…
…started getting rich. Since my opponents weren’t a threat, I forgot expansion and military building and focused on science instead. I didn’t actually get that many science victory points, two or at most three. However, I did get all the know-how developed. Combine that fact with my production of eleven gold on each gold action…
You won’t see me writing about computer games often; I don’t play them much and when I play, it’s usually just to kill time. Of course, there’s no better way to kill time than to play Civilization (or Alpha Centauri) — oops, there goes another six hours… During the last few years, I’ve only bought…