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GaGarfieldstar7.0

#50 Nice dice mechanism. But it's always better if you roll high? So it's a little bit luck dependent? If you always roll low you won't win for sure. Have to try with expansion. [c] Theme: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]No --> Gameplay: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Placing dice to do something --> Interaction: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Blocking each other --> Artwork: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Luck: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Dice rolling --> Strategy: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Not sure --> Components: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Play duration: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Rules quality: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very good --> Setup time: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Different random cards --> [/c]

EvEvanstar4.6

My group was a big fan of this game, but it never really worked for me. First and foremost the look of this game really bothers me. The garrish patterns combined with the ketchup red and mustard yellow really bothers me, more than it should. I like to think that I'm a mechanisms over theme guy, but art like this I find troublesome. Additionally, this game is very guilty of difficult to understand icons. Each game doesn't have that many cards, but the cards will often have one time use icons on them, so it hurt my experience substantially that when I played this it was before a BGG card lookup player aid was available. I'm not thrilled with the way your meeples get kicked out of the various offices. I'm also not thrilled with the feeling you get when your opponent buys the die you needed out from under you. These two forms of negative player interaction would be forgivable in a game with a better look to it, but when combined with the visual static of the game, it hurts an already difficult experience. I'm also feeling a little done with the game mechanism where there are invader cards collecting at the bottom of the board that players need to collectively fend off. It's so perfectly executed in Lowlands, that it's hard to imagine going back. The expansion is also troublesome. The purple die module means that my issue with people stealing my dice out from under me is resolved, as nobody can steal your purple die, but the flip side of that is it removes key tension from the game that's really the game's soul. I may not like the steal mechanism, but without the threat of it, there's a hollow feeling to the rest of what happens. There's also a module where you walk your people around the exterior of the board that feels very tacked on. I was unimpressed, and it certainly didn't add anything that saved the experience of the base game for me. It's rough, because I really should like this game. I understand it's a good game. I just can't manage it. :nostar: Art, Iconography and components functional :star: Clever or interesting mechanisms :star: Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players :star: Multiple plays stay interesting :star: Low or mitigatable luck elements :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: Raw enjoyment

MeMestremutenstar9.0

Rating: 4/5 Production value: 4/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 1/1