Comments on: Thursday, day two: Shopping for games

By: Naturelich

Naturelich — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:50:55 +0000

The English rules for Antike are available on the Eggert Spiele website. Section Downloadcenter->Antike.

By: Mikko Saari

Mikko Saari — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 10:17:45 +0000

First… Yeah, I could try Blokus again, but it’s not high on my lists.
JvT seems fairly light, and it includes English rules. It’s completely sold out already, though.
Aqua Romana should work with two, I think, but it’s probably better with more.
Indonesia is cool: it’s about starting up companies, producing stuff, shipping that stuff to develop cities and merging the companies to produce bigger companies. Quite simple, but detailed and very interactive, at least on Splotter big game standards. I’ll play it in Helcon, so I’ll know better then.

By: marc

marc — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:43:40 +0000

Mikko
Thanks for the update. What details can you tell us about Indonesia, since there is so very little hype about it.
Thanks,
Marc

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:59:28 +0000

Thanks for the thorough and interesting update.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:14:46 +0000

Great writeup, Mikko! Keep it coming for those of us who didn’t attend. All these reports are making me want to go next year.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:09:54 +0000

Do you think Aqua Romanas (Queen) would have worked well with 2-players?

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:04:31 +0000

Mikko,
Great write up-very detailed. Oh and if that Jenseits von Theben is too heavy for you let me know? I’d be interested in it. Did he make english versions also?
Thanks again
Neil

By: Olivier

Olivier — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:47:49 +0000

HAving played Caylus, I can tell you it is one of the best game around this year, on the Puerto Rico level in my opinion.
Thank you for the great report, can’t wait for the next.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:52:47 +0000

Great summary of Essen, I really enjoyed reading about all the people you met and games you played. One thing though, I highly recommend that you try Blokus another few times. I didn’t like it at all at first, but after playing 5-10 times I started to realize the strategy and depth involved. You start to get the hang of what the different pieces can be used for. I particularly enjoy it with 2 players. It’s strange because for most games I start out liking them a lot and then my interest level declines after repeated plays, but with Blokus I find that I am enjoying it more and more each time I play it.