Historia

EvEvanstar3,5

There is a lot to like about historia. The chart is attractive, the map area is interesting. I like how new things get unlocked as you climb. I love the mechanism of how players all play their actions face down and then simultaneously reveal. Where this game sadly falls short is the endgame payoff. When you cap at the top of the chart, the game simply says, ok, next time you gain more you get 2 points. The game also doesn't do much to reward diversity. You either max out military and get certain benefits, or max out technology and get certain other benefits. Being in the middle seems unrewarding. The game also rewards VP for players who control areas on the map by themselves. Any player can drop a cube in there pretty easily to deny you the points, but you can only remove them if you have more military. If the two players in question are both capped at the top of the military chart, well, there's no recourse. Then, each age you get a leader card who gives you extra VP for meeting one or both of two requirements. Often times those requirements would not be possible to complete given what you had chosen to focus on previously, and often those choices were based on the leader you got in the previous round. The whole thing was riveting for the first three quarters of the game. Then, as the game came to a close, turn time expanded as the players who managed to grab the wonder cards took a long time resolving their effects, and then the game just ended without a sense of buildup or excitement. ★ 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

hahalbert82star5,0

Opinió després de una lectura de regles: Eurogame amb tema de civilitzacions, cada jugador té un cert nombre de cartes a la mà (al inici tothom té les mateixes) i cada torn n'escull una en secret, que no torna a la mà fins que un jugador escull una carta en particular, que a més acaba la ronda. Les civilitzacions es desenvolupen en una especie de "graella" amb dos eixos: poder militar y tecnología i l'arbre tecnològic ve donat per la posició de la civilització en aquista graella. Les mecàniques estan poc relacionades amb el tema i aquest sembla enganxat. La part de "conquesta" és poc rellevant i el minijoc de la graella fa pensar que hi pot haber poca diferenciació en tecnologies (tothom més o menys tindrà les mateixes, ja que el camí que seguirà tothom a la graella és molt similar). Dona més la sensació de un joc de cartes que no de un joc de civilitzacions. La part més interesant del joc és la de les cartes, que em recorda lleugerament a la gestió de les cartes d'ordre del Runewars. No crec que m'agradi, i certament no afegeix res nou...