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Tikal & Other Games
Had 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.
Tikal was one of the games from the 100 that I hadn't played yet. As I wrote last November when I first talked about the 100, I have piles that I still haven't played. And, I'm pretty surprised that hasn't changed much in the last 3 months. Here's mys list from then, updated.
The games I want to play and haven't:
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.
Tikal was one of the games from the 100 that I hadn't played yet. As I wrote last November when I first talked about the 100, I have piles that I still haven't played. And, I'm pretty surprised that hasn't changed much in the last 3 months. Here's mys list from then, updated.
The games I want to play and haven't:
- Tichu (#10)
- Die Macher (#22)
- Showmanager/Atlantic Star (#28)
- RoboRally (#32)
Torres (#33)- Wildlife Adventure (#34)
Tikal (#39)- Traumfabrik (#43)
- 1830 (#45)
- Daytona 500 (#53)
- Schnappchen Jagd (#57)
- Wizard (#58)
- Stephenson's Rocket (#61)
- Elfenland (#66)
- Ave Caesar (#68)
- Breaking Away (#71)
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (#73)
- Taboo (#74)
- Hare & Tortoise (#75)
- Was Sticht (#78)
- Un Reinfenbreite (#84)
- Battle Cry (#85)
- Code 777 (#89)
- Chinatown (#91)
- Royal Turf (#92)
- Capitol (#95)
- Mamma Mia (#96)
- McMulti (#97)
- Africa (#98)
- Dvonn (#99)
- Acquire (#11)
Taj Mahal (#23)- Battleline (#29)
- Can't Stop (#54)
- Blokus (#60)
- Time's Up (#17)
- Crokinole (#18)
- Roads & Boats (#37)
- Lowenherz (#44)
- Titan (#47)
Ricochet Robot (#52)- Diplomacy (#56)
- Hannibal: Rome v. Carthage (#59)
- Smarty Party (#62)
- War of the Ring (#77)
- Age of Renaissance (#83)
- Gipf (#88) -- played on computer
- Carabande (#94)
So, with Tikal I've now got a 57/100 rating, or 62/100 with computer plays.
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What's the problem with playing Titan? Don't have a lifetime to finish a game?
I've played Age of Renaissance many times (even though I don't own it) and it can be enjoyable, but you are almost guaranteed four to six hours of game and, if you have one of those long thinkers, many more. Some interesting mechanics, though.
I think Ricochet Robot is only fun if you are playing with a group of people. The race to find the moves in the smallest number makes it more of a think-on-your-feet game than a simple puzzle game with only one or two players.
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Yes, Titan and Age of Renaissance are both a time issue. I usually don't have that amount of time to play, let alone that amount of patience, to spend it on a single game.