by ghbell
Shadrach wrote:
The game length is exactly right for what it is. What it is may not be what you want. Keep in mind the #1 game on bgg is a two player game with cards and dice that takes 3-4 hours to play frequently. It frustrates me when people say a game is too long or too confusing without contextualizing their answer. Too long for what? Too complex why? Examine expectations and see if you are trying to blame a square peg for not fitting in a round hole.
/rant off.
/rant off.
Not sure of that. The box says something like 30-45 minutes per player and I have seen several games go over 2 hours, several to 3, and this all involving highly experienced players with years worth of games per player. I have seen 1 game hit the hour mark. I am not an expert here, and I don't have a gazillion games under my belt
It think it is completely apples to oranges to compare this game to Twilight Struggle. Maybe I am wrong there, but I haven't seen that comparison.
Magic, yes. Summoner Wars, yes. And this game takes WAY longer than those.
People want this game to be a CCG like that, and they go in with that mentality. Then it takes 3 or 4x longer to play than a CCG.... hence the frustration
I think this game is best described as a miniatures game with no miniatures. It is also miniatures game with no objectives except fight to the death. So think of it as a miniatures game that plays in a third or half the time of a miniatures game and it may help.
The set up in this game is great. Like 2 minutes. So that is way better than a minis game.