It ended up going 4 hours and 45 minutes with four of us. There is only so much room in my gaming life for games of this nature (pardon the pun) - and although it is a good one Die Macher beats it out as far as I am concerned. I do not plan on adding it to my own collection although I might play it should the opportunity arise and my "mondo game timer" has reset again. The room for AP to sneak in seems a bit higher in this one which is probably why I would rank it a bit lower.
The difference I see in the two is that both of them have the same "width" during your turn (ie plenty of options to choose from) but in the case of Die Macher you only have to apply those choices over 4 elections (ie it is only about 4 layers deep). With Dominant Species there are so many phases that impact other phases that you have to think out ahead of time it can be paralyzing (ie it is about 10 layers deep). My gaming sweet spot involves a lot of choice with SOME depth of play but not TOO much. That is why I would rather play Checkers than Chess - I really hate to think 5 zones into the future while calculating all the different things that could happen in each of those 5 zones. I probably made NO sense whatsoever but there it is. On Nov 22, 8:54 am, Mark Crane <[email protected]> wrote: > How long was your game? Did you like it? Is it the next Die Macher > (i.e. a great game that gets played once a year)? > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Sylvus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for bringing it down Jeff. That was a brain burner. > > > On Nov 20, 12:46 pm, Matthew Fisk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yep, I could give it a shot. Probably need 1 to 2 more volunteers. > >> Anyone? > >> On Nov 20, 2010 12:37 PM, "Jeff Perkins" <[email protected]> > >> wrote:> Interested in Dominant Species at all? > > >> > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sylvus <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> Anyone want to come play at my place tonight (Spanish Fork)? Probably > >> >> start around 5:30 or so. If there is enough interest I will get it > >> >> organized. > > >> >> -- > >> >> 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]<ucboardgamers%[email protected]> > > >> <ucboardgamers%[email protected]<ucboardgamers%[email protected]> > > >> >> . > >> >> For more options, visit this group at > >> >>http://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]<ucboardgamers%[email protected]> > >> .> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://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.
