http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/03/a-house-divided/ Mikko Saari on board games. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:14:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mikkosgameblog.com/2004/03/a-house-divided/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 Chris Wed, 31 Mar 2004 03:19:17 +0000 http://vintagemahjong.com/gb/?p=3575#comment-1800 I kinda like A House Divided, but I've cooled on it since my inital plays for exactly the reasons you say — it's just too long. 4-6 hours for the whole war, when compared to games like Liberty and Hammer, is just not a great investment of time. Too long, not enough content. Probably a great game by comparison when it first came out in the 80s, but it's got a hard time competing now. I kinda like A House Divided, but I’ve cooled on it since my inital plays for exactly the reasons you say — it’s just too long. 4-6 hours for the whole war, when compared to games like Liberty and Hammer, is just not a great investment of time. Too long, not enough content. Probably a great game by comparison when it first came out in the 80s, but it’s got a hard time competing now.

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