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Tikal & Other Games
Feb. 9th, 2006 12:58 amHad a good night of gaming tonight, with two new (for me) games, plus old classic Clans. Top up was Fairy Tale, which I'd recently received from Z-Man, and wanted to try out. I now have a game under my belt, and it was fun. Light fun. The other new game was Tikal, which I've been wanting to play for ages. Fortunately Alex had just purchased a copy and wanted to play. We did, along with Andrew and David.
Having now played the enter K&K exotic locations serious (including Torres), I'm astounded by how similar they are, yet their play is very, very different. I have the same visceral feeling with each of these--the feeling of iterating people about and of building things upward--and yet the strategy and ideas of each are very different.
I should really try and write reviews of these four sometime. I suppose I can make that a project, now that I've finally written all three Knizia LotR reviews, which I'd be meaning to do for about two years. It'll be a while though, because after a lean January, I now have a ton of full-length games to review, with Hunting Party, Ostia, Intrigue, Reef Encounter, Castle Merchants, and Siena at the top of the list.
( Notes on the 100 )
So, with Tikal I've now got a 57/100 rating, or 62/100 with computer plays.
Having now played the enter K&K exotic locations serious (including Torres), I'm astounded by how similar they are, yet their play is very, very different. I have the same visceral feeling with each of these--the feeling of iterating people about and of building things upward--and yet the strategy and ideas of each are very different.
I should really try and write reviews of these four sometime. I suppose I can make that a project, now that I've finally written all three Knizia LotR reviews, which I'd be meaning to do for about two years. It'll be a while though, because after a lean January, I now have a ton of full-length games to review, with Hunting Party, Ostia, Intrigue, Reef Encounter, Castle Merchants, and Siena at the top of the list.
( Notes on the 100 )
So, with Tikal I've now got a 57/100 rating, or 62/100 with computer plays.