Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina

GaGarfieldstar2,0

I like the mechanism with the 2 rows of cards and the activation. But this game plays you, and because it's random drawing cards, it's pure luck who will win. You have to focus on something, but you can't if you don't get the right cards. I won just because I could trade 3 cards of the same color for 10 VPs, multiple times... And I had a lot of cards with cannons AND books on them and therefore won every combat and had the most books. My rating is not based on the theme, I just don't like it because it's pure luck. I don't care about the theme. I also play game with a roman or greek theme, and these nations were also very cruel. Or France and England who killed each other over centuries. [c] Theme: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Almost none --> Gameplay: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Always the same, activating cards --> Interaction: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No direct interaction --> Artwork: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok, nothing special --> Luck: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Random card drawing, no mitigation --> Strategy: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]No --> Components: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Good --> Play duration: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Easy to teach: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Quite easy (20min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]fast --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Almost no downtime --> Replay value: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Just random cards --> [/c]