I doubt I qualify for that one - it was an interesting game however. It would take a few more plays to wrap around the nuances of the strategy though.
Planet Steam was an interesting one and I probably shouldn't play again just because I know I will do much worst next time. This way I go out second from the top ;) It looks like there are several avenues towards victory. There was were a couple of turns where I just sold my mineral and crystals rather than buying one of those 50 point certificates. I should have done that instead. I tried on one turn but was stymied by the fact that purchasing certs is at a whole different point in the game than the rest of the purchases. Overall it was enjoyable - although I have to agree with MarkT that it sure could have been put in a smaller box. On Oct 16, 8:46 am, Mark Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > Human computers, from Dune! See the mental wiki for more fun. > > Sent from my private jet > > On Oct 16, 2010, at 1:02 AM, Matthew Fisk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I will post my game thoughts later but you stumped me with the term > > "Mentats". I rarely have to look in a dictionary... I was at least glad to > > discover the word doesn't exist in two different dictionaries. > > > Sylvus > > > On Oct 16, 2010, at 12:24 AM, Mark Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I played Planet Steam with Mark Tyler, Jeff who is a DK regular I believe, > >> and Matt. The game has beautiful components and sort of Steampunkish > >> graphics laid over a strong, enjoyable economic game. I think I like it > >> better than Power Grid, if only because it was a little easier for me to > >> wrap my head around. Role selection, auctions, resources, and > >> intentionally crashing markets. Pretty fun, and will be even funner the > >> second time around when we can knock it out in two hours. > > >> After that I shanghai'd Mark T. and Matt and got them to read the rules > >> for The Resistance and teach it to us. Mark and Matt are my personal > >> boardgame mentats. It's sort of like an elegant version of Werewolf > >> without player elimination that plays quickly with up to ten people. A few > >> people asked about where I had gotten it so I'm assuming it struck a chord. > > >> I had a great time gaming and socializing! I wish I could make it out > >> more. > > >> The Resistance page on BGG: > > >>http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41114/the-resistance > > >> I pre-ordered from the publisher for $20. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "utah county boardgamers association" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "utah county boardgamers association" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "utah county boardgamers association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ucboardgamers?hl=en.
