Irish Gauge

EvEvanstar1,6

Had a very odd experience with this game. A player connected two cities with a line only he had invested in while we were all buying other stocks and investing in building out our lines. Starting action 2 or 3, he just did the payout action, and every time he did pulled the cube he needed from the bank and got a $10 payout. He ended the game extremely quickly and won by a large margin. When we reacted by putting up another share of the stock of that line for auction, he had more cash in hand and won the auction himself. As a result we had a 40 min game experience where nothing we did mattered at all, and it felt pretty senseless. I'm sure we must have succumbed to group think or made newbie mistakes, but I really don't see what about this game is strong enough to call me back for another try. ★ 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