by tumorous
aolimpi wrote:
Yes, so lesson learned. Always set the deck correctly. Otherwise the game is a miserable 3 hour beat-down.
I told my wife about the mistake. She's still not going to try it again. I think that the extremely large amount of options by the end of the game is a little overwhelming and brain-burning. And 100-200 minutes is just too long for my group, and I don't know if any worker placement/euro game is fun enough to justify such a long playing time (even playing it correctly). Had I read the side of the box first, I would have never suggested it. I felt like after the game was over I just had to apologize to my group for making them play it.
Again, playing by rules would have yielded a better result, but still, the cards were overwhelming.
I told my wife about the mistake. She's still not going to try it again. I think that the extremely large amount of options by the end of the game is a little overwhelming and brain-burning. And 100-200 minutes is just too long for my group, and I don't know if any worker placement/euro game is fun enough to justify such a long playing time (even playing it correctly). Had I read the side of the box first, I would have never suggested it. I felt like after the game was over I just had to apologize to my group for making them play it.
Again, playing by rules would have yielded a better result, but still, the cards were overwhelming.
It sounds like it might not be a good game for you and your group anyway, but for what it's worth, a correct setup will probably also help diminish the overwhelming experience of the end-game. When buildings come out in their intended approximate order, each player will be able to specialize and develop their own plans over the course of the game (rather than trying to scrape together enough to survive the next harvest). That means that the later turns are spent finishing the execution of your overall strategy. Yes, there are many options on the table in the final turns, but you can easily eliminate most of those from consideration based on your previous choices and final plans.
