I played the introductory game of American Megafauna with my brother-in-law tonight and it went far better. We finished in about an hour and we enjoyed it.

It felt far more like a €urogame than I expected. My b-i-l was not overly interested in the theme and just played it as a regular game, but it worked for him. So far it seems that the chrome may be overly distracting, but we really need to play the Advanced version.

I like the way the game is split into four versions:

• Introductory
• Basic
• Advanced
• Solitaire

You have to respect a game that is flexible enough to include rules for late starters and early leavers. This would definitely make it feasible to squeeze into a regular games night.