Comments on: Intrige

By: Iain

Iain — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:48:53 +0000

Thanks Josh. I last played Quo Vadis a long time ago href=”http://cheyne.net/blog/2004/07/quo-vadis-cant-stop” rel=”nofollow”>a long time ago href=”http://cheyne.net/blog/2004/07/quo-vadis-cant-stop” rel=”nofollow”>http://cheyne.net/blog/2004/07/quo-vadis-cant-stop. Classic game.

I need to pull my finger out, but real life gets in the way…

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:40:08 +0000

Probably not quite as cutthroat but similar in manipulating people is Quo Vadis. You may want to check it you. Also, what’s with you not updating since July? You should get on that. : )

By: Iain

Iain — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:47:52 +0000

You might be right. I think my tastes are starting to diverge from the eurogame mainstream. I’m just finding that the majority of new games would be almost unplayable by a non-gamer. When I started enjoying eurogames in 2000 they were much simpler. Maybe I’m showing my age.

I still think Dungeon Lords is a good game – currently 7/10, the same as Um Reifenbreite and Intrigue on my BGG ratings.

For me, a eurogame should be 60-120 minutes, which I could readily play with my sister-in-law. I doubt she’d enjoy Caylus. Maybe Caylus was the beginning of the end for me? I hope I won’t be saying that in 10 years time.

I still like wargames, so I’m not against all complex, fiddly, long games.

By: 100%Blade

100%Blade — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:55:41 +0000

It’s funny but I think your tatstes and mine are really starting to diverge. Intrige just wasted 45 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Um Reifenbrite shows it’s age more than any other game I bought.

On the other hand, other games that you have commented unfavourably recently such as Sceptre of Zavandor and Dungeon Lords, I really enjoy.

With the notable exceptions of Dominion and St. Petersburg there aren’t really many games under 90-120 minutes that I really like now. Give me something meaty (and just lately preferably with lots of theme) that rewards repeated playing (not that we do that too much!) and I’m much happier.

You’re aware that we’re playing a lot of pbem at the moment and while each game takes 2-3 months to complete, it has really allowed me to appreciate the games a lot more with a bit more time to think about what to do (recent games played this way include Power Grid, Imperial, Caylus, Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, God’s Playground, Sceptre of Zavandor, Kingsburg and, of course AoS)