Merchant of Venus (Second Edition)

GaGarfieldstar1,0

#37 #coins (18x1, 10x5, 20x10, 20x50, 20x100, 10x500, 5x1000) #sell? Very boring gameplay. Just pick up stuff and deliver it. Over and over again. It took as about 2hrs to reach half of the needed 2'000 credits! We stopped after 2hrs when someone reached 1'000. We played the classic version and it was so boring. I read the rules for the standard version and I have no desire to test that version because it just adds more stuff but the core is still the same. Boring pickup and and deliver over 3-4 hours?! How can you enjoy that? And there is almost no player interaction. [c] Theme: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Very little --> Gameplay: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Very repetitive and boring --> Interaction: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]None --> Artwork: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Nice --> Luck: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Dice rolling for movement --> Strategy: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Not many possibilities --> Components: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Play duration: ★☆☆☆☆<!-- size 7]Far too long --> Easy to teach: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Rules quality: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Setup time: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Too much --> No downtime: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]A lot of random stuff --> [/c]

EvEvanstar4,6

Cute pickup and delivery game with funny space theme and exploration mechanic. A bit long, and a bit fiddly, but it's a lot of fun. Sort of the ultimate realization of the roll-and-move genre. 4 player mode has a lot of downtime between turns. ★ Art, Iconography and components functional ★ Clever or interesting mechanisms ☆ Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players ★ Multiple plays stay interesting ☆ Low or mitigatable luck elements ★★★☆☆ Raw enjoyment