Comments on: Essen 06 Report http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/ A minimalist blog, with a pretentious title, about strategy board games. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:28:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: inconsequential ruminations » Blog Archive » Key Harvest http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/comment-page-1/#comment-4385 inconsequential ruminations » Blog Archive » Key Harvest Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:31:33 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/#comment-4385 [...] looks like my Richard Breese playtest at Essen will be published as Key Harvest. There is a preview at Boardgame [...] [...] looks like my Richard Breese playtest at Essen will be published as Key Harvest. There is a preview at Boardgame [...]

]]> By: <img src='http://cheyne.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/openid.png'/> Iain http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 Iain Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:26:14 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/#comment-1736 Hi John. It's a pity we weren't staying at the same hotel. Maybe next year we can organise to link up? Thanks for the clarification. That is very well spotted. I just looked at the rules and we missed this: bq. Depending on the square they have chosen, the player may then take *one* of the three available actions for the chosen group of dice. We were doing all three. No wonder the game felt so easy and too long! I will update the main description and ratings. Hi John. It’s a pity we weren’t staying at the same hotel. Maybe next year we can organise to link up?

Thanks for the clarification. That is very well spotted. I just looked at the rules and we missed this:

Depending on the square they have chosen, the player may then take one of the three available actions for the chosen group of dice.

We were doing all three. No wonder the game felt so easy and too long! I will update the main description and ratings.

]]> By: Tycho http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Tycho Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:05:12 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/#comment-1735 Glad I qualified as a highlight. I'm sorry that Yspahan didn't, but it's possible you didn't have the rules quite right. Michael's post to Mike Siggin's Funagain blog describes each player drawing a card every turn, but that's not the case: the player must choose a dice group and then can take one action from three options, being gold/camels/shops (depending on the group), move the supervisor, or take a card. The cards are indeed pretty powerful, but if you wish to take one, the game system forces you to pass up various scoring opportunities. So 'pologies if I misunderstood Michael's post, but glad to be of service if it means you'll reconsider the game. (We made an error on our first play that you took one card per die, which also significantly unbalanced the game. I understand it's obligatory at the fair to get rules wrong first time out - as an Essen virgin like you I wouldn't have dared break with convention.) Glad I qualified as a highlight. I’m sorry that Yspahan didn’t, but it’s possible you didn’t have the rules quite right. Michael’s post to Mike Siggin’s Funagain blog describes each player drawing a card every turn, but that’s not the case: the player must choose a dice group and then can take one action from three options, being gold/camels/shops (depending on the group), move the supervisor, or take a card. The cards are indeed pretty powerful, but if you wish to take one, the game system forces you to pass up various scoring opportunities. So ‘pologies if I misunderstood Michael’s post, but glad to be of service if it means you’ll reconsider the game.

(We made an error on our first play that you took one card per die, which also significantly unbalanced the game. I understand it’s obligatory at the fair to get rules wrong first time out – as an Essen virgin like you I wouldn’t have dared break with convention.)

]]> By: <img src='http://cheyne.net/blog/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/openid.png'/> Iain http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Iain Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:45:16 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/#comment-1734 Mike: Thanks once again. It was a great trip. I hope you invite me next year.... ;o) Mikko: Yes, I thought Intrigue was a gamble, but my guys are a pretty thick-skinned lot. It's at least worth a try. I hope you can come next year, so we can drink tea together! Mike: Thanks once again. It was a great trip. I hope you invite me next year…. ;o)

Mikko: Yes, I thought Intrigue was a gamble, but my guys are a pretty thick-skinned lot. It’s at least worth a try. I hope you can come next year, so we can drink tea together!

]]> By: Mikko http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 Mikko Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:23:29 +0000 http://cheyne.net/blog/2006/10/essen-06-report/#comment-1733 Great stuff, thanks! Hope you like Viva Topo. Intrigue is great, but has pretty stiff requirements for the exactly right group that I sold mine away. It just isn't any fun with the wrong crowd... I got a pretty good set of games from Essen, too, so I'm happy too. The best stuff from this year's Essen, though, was the travel report by some of the guys, who had spent the first part of the trip touring the Belgian cloister beer scene... Let's just say that their report isn't completely suitable for children. Ahem. I'm basically pretty glad I wasn't traveling with them =) Great stuff, thanks! Hope you like Viva Topo. Intrigue is great, but has pretty stiff requirements for the exactly right group that I sold mine away. It just isn’t any fun with the wrong crowd…

I got a pretty good set of games from Essen, too, so I’m happy too. The best stuff from this year’s Essen, though, was the travel report by some of the guys, who had spent the first part of the trip touring the Belgian cloister beer scene… Let’s just say that their report isn’t completely suitable for children. Ahem. I’m basically pretty glad I wasn’t traveling with them =)

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