Thursday, March 23, 2006

Game mechanics and my favs for now

Quick thoughts here:

- I like bidding as a mechanic. It generally forces tough decisions.

-Games benefit from at least one random element. Too much randomness makes the game light.

- If you can play a games in 2 hours and everyone had fun, that's awesome. Brevity and depth are a hard balance to strike.

My current favs (in no order):

El Grande: I still need to play with five players.

Power Grid: playing this a lot now. Always fun!

Beowulf, the Legend: Quick, easy to learn, and has depth that isn't obvious on the first play

Shadows over Camelot: I still love this collaborative game

Princes of Florence: I think a lot about this game, even though I don't play it a lot

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