tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post114577369379453271..comments2024-03-28T05:12:10.477-07:00Comments on Gone Gaming: Last Season's Hot Games: A Top Ten from Essen 2005, Part TwoColdfoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636345146138362966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1147421895113615302006-05-12T01:18:00.000-07:002006-05-12T01:18:00.000-07:00Siena: I was a little disappointed with the compon...<A HREF="http://fellonmyhead.blogspot.com/2006/05/art-of-tuscan-trade.html" REL="nofollow">Siena</A>: I was a little disappointed with the components more than anything else; my cards are looking very old after one play. The game needs another outing, because I really don't think we could have appreciated everything that was going on. I don't think it will take so long next time (assuming the same group playing) and I am really looking forward to it.<BR/><BR/>Do other people really get disappointed when a game doesn't live up to the moniker "Civ-Lite"? I really need to understand what doesn't work about the combat system; it seems fine to me.Pawnstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138454253813433739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1146935490674334942006-05-06T10:11:00.000-07:002006-05-06T10:11:00.000-07:00TO be honest, I didn't think the Siena board was t...TO be honest, I didn't think the Siena board was that pretty either. It was very faded.<BR/><BR/>But I figured, it was supposed to be pretty so someone must think it so.Shannon Appelclinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10454937577535623129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1146925477386965692006-05-06T07:24:00.000-07:002006-05-06T07:24:00.000-07:00GIPF is deeper than the first impression leaves, j...GIPF is deeper than the first impression leaves, just like Go is much deeper than the simplistic rules would seem. PUNCT I like less than the rest of the GIPF series, but I think that's mostly because I don't understand connection games (I'm not that great at Hex).<BR/><BR/>Hacienda with the advanced rules is far better for gamers than the basic rules. The basic rules are nice for learning, and probably best for people looking for a lighter game, but Kramer's variants turn the game for the better (and it's still not that heavy).<BR/><BR/>I have never played a "real" Civilization game, so wasn't disappointed by Antike, nor was I unhappy with how Antike looked. There are plenty of games with maps that don't look like the Civ game maps I've seen, but perhaps the structure is more the same that I realize. Combat costs you a lot, which definitely changes the texture of the game compared to other war games; it's not broken.<BR/><BR/>I played Tempus, and Antike scratches much of the same itch, although I liked some of what Tempus did better (the special cards, even if they were very controlled, did make a huge difference; as did the modular board, but I have always liked modular boards). Combat in Tempus is pretty rough as well, so I don't mind what's there in Antike.<BR/><BR/>I haven't played Mesopotamia.<BR/><BR/>I have played Siena. To tell the truth, the first game was the one that made a really bad impression on me, and while I'm quite willing to go back to games where I've seen a little bit of brilliance to see if I can find the rest of it, I was not willing to go back to Siena. And that was even though I did think there was a bit of brilliance there. I just didn't like the board (I didn't even think it was all that pretty), the difficulty of using the cards, nor the theme. But the mechanics of the game are nice and worth going back to someday.<BR/><BR/>I'm just not brave enough to revisit Siena. :)Ava Jarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777180628319261015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14856978.post-1146769593745794452006-05-04T12:06:00.000-07:002006-05-04T12:06:00.000-07:00Your opinions are valid...Your opinions are valid...FXXXXX MXXXXXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07786184819827969107noreply@blogger.com