Valerie Putman: Essen Try Then Buy List
This will be a short entry--I am still at Essen and I only have internet access for 10 minutes. Here’s the list of games that I had a chance to try and I liked it enough to buy it after the demo.
Robot Master This small Knizia game has clever scoring--what a surprise!
Ruby Gloom Ok, this small card game based on a Canadian cartoon was awful. But I’m a big fan of the cartoon (I did Ruby Gloom cosplay at Dragon*
Con), so this was a buy anyway.
Krakaw 1325 I generally am wary of partnership games with a single winner, but this was good enough to bring home.
Royal Palace This was my favorite new to me game of the week.
There were many games that I bought without playing or played without buying. More on that next week!
Back to gaming,
Valerie Putman
Posted by Valerie Putman on Oct 26, 2008 at 01:00 AM in Columnists, Valerie Putman / 1262
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This is the third person I’ve seen mention Palais Royal and they’ve all been enthusiastic. I knew next to nothing about this title at the beginning of the fair, but it’s now become a must try for me. Posted by Larry Levy on Oct 26, 2008 at 01:40 AM | #
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As I noted in my brief write-up, Royal Palace has everything that you’d expect in a good Hans im Glück design. The short description: Place dudes on the board, then move them around in ways to get resources and money, which is then transformed into points. Sound intriguing enough? Did I suck all the fun out of the game with that description? Eric Posted by W. Eric Martin on Oct 26, 2008 at 07:13 AM | #
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So, Eric, would you say it’s more like Monopoly or Risk? Posted by Kevin Wood on Oct 26, 2008 at 10:50 AM | #
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Well, Eric, Melissa has already compared the game to Louis XIV. Your description also precisely matches Louis, except that you don’t even get to move the dudes around in that game! I loves me some Louis, so no, you didn’t suck the fun out of Palais with that blurb. But nice try! :-) Posted by Larry Levy on Oct 26, 2008 at 11:31 AM | #
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