Spiel 11 is over and we are all sitting at home looking at our new games.
I have been there for four days, mainly demoeig <PERSON> for Quined Games.
Before Spiel, I have played the game 5 times, and in my other review you can read what my thoughts were about it.
Mostly I am not used to play games more then once in a short time. But this was different because I had to prepare myself. Now after 4 days of demoeing, I ask myself: Do I still like the game?
The answer is YES.
Even though I have explained the rules a "hundred" times, it still is apealing to me.
But, being a Cityplanner at a local Dutch Townhall, I have to be carefull now, when I pick up the phone. "Hello sir, You want to start a farm? Well that's not possible at this moment, because harvest season is over. So you gonna have to wait untill next year. 118
But be carefull, because you can only do so when you throw the dice yourself. Have a nice day....." "You need a building license for a monument? Wwell then you need at least two workers for that......"
Overall the game was well appriciated, I think.
the one thing that catched me the most, was this;
In most of the Eurogames, you build your own engine, and you can only block another player by blocking actions they want, or so. A lot of times when I see people play Eurogames, I see serious faces, sometimes a bit bored while waiting for there turn.
It was the same with <PERSON>, untill the soldiers started doing their jobs. Players sat right up, waiting with great exitement which target the other players would pick, and there was lots of laugther when they were revealed. This kind of interaction was much appriciated in my opinion.
And when you think that battle is a mans thing, you are totally wrong.
I explained the game to a lot of couples (m/w) and groups with one or two women. At the moment when I explained that you could attack one another, you should see the faces of these women.
So, I really enjoyed it and I hope all of you who played it, or even bought it, enjoyed it as well.
I probably will be playing it tonight with my Tuesday Gamers.
Kind gerards
Robèr 366