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This is too complex for my time constraints. If you want to finish a similarly themed game, try Wallace’s Tinner’s Trail.

It is hard enough to beat the Cylon threat with the base game.This gives the Cylons IMHO greater advantages. It makes the victory sweeter but the defeats more numerous. Just a caveat that money shouldn’t be sucked out of your wallet until you’ve mastered the base game.

I don’t even consider this as a gateway game when SoC is an option.

Don’t waste your time on this if you want replayability. Like Puerto Rico it gets mechanical and the game begins to play you.

If you have Dominion or Race for the Galaxy, you don’t. If you lack those two than maybe this is the one for you. The mechanic is not quite the same but how much money and time you have will determine if “you really need this.”

More scenarios for more ways of playing

You have to be playful and love B horror movies to like this.

My son loves this game! I’m always getting him expansions. He is a fantasy oriented player. It allows a historical simulation oriented guy like me to play Poitiers and Crecy while he is moving his dwarves or goblins.

and why wouldn’t you? This is an expansion, people. My son, a twenty something loves this game

My daughter is an excellent abstract, spatial oriented gamer; this game is a for her so that’s why I got it. if you are a resource management, area control, conflict( battle?) oriented person it’s probably not for you

I have AH version. You can “theme” this to Cthulhu or Star Trek with lots of player add ons. It’s good for mid level ( after you introduce newbies to gaming) game

If given a choice between this and Cities and Knights go with C and K.

O.K. makes it really tough but where would your satisfaction be if you couldn’t boast you had beaten the best?

but other than that avoid like the plague

Railways of the World:The Card Game is what Ticket to Ride: The Card Game” wishes it was. Cards for paying track, improving trains for longer routes, shipping goods to cities that you’ve collected

You need “hams” to enjoy this and you must add optional rule that allows interaction so that opponents can not act with impunity.

Why did I buy this? I had amazon credits and I have friends and family who are not intense gamers. Also it works for resistant girlfriends who say they’ll only play a game if it includes “baby making”.

Another game bought to cement family contact

We older gamers need our sleep so…..

And for that reason I like it since it is an entry game.

If you can put on Spanish accents and screw people with a smile, this is your game. Caveat: I played this with “serious folks” and they didn’t get it. You need table talk, “jaunts” –my invented word which is a combination of jibes and taunts– to make this work.

I like my Civil War games with at least the “sophistication” of a House Divided (Phalanx)

I just play this to interact with daughter. We find other games that empty my wallet when we need expansion variability.

For me a civ game needs a map. This one provides it and the desired element of “discoverability”. The unknown element is what I enjoy in exploring. The fact that there are three ways to win is attractive. That way a militaristic bully has to be careful that while beating up on one opponent, another doesn’t sneak in with a win.

I prefer a “finishable” Cthulhu theme like Mansions of Madness or Call of Cthulhu LCG. We older gamers don’t have time for this but my son, a twenty something stole it from my collection

I prefer to play without the expansion for a more “relaxing” environment.

I’ve played this so often on the computer that it has become automatic. It’s also easier on the computer because the accounting is diplayed for all players. You don’t have to keep looking at your opponents boards to figure out what’s going on so I prefer the computer version.

I felt like there was very little interaction–there’s always an alternative enhancement to choose if someone takes your first choice. Maybe if played with more than 3 there would be competition for the improvements.

This is a lenghty, social game for me. My son likes it so I buy expansions to keep family contact. For me, I’d rather play Mansions of Madness ’cause it is “finishable”.

I want to try this game but no friends have it. I hesitate to purchase it because:
1. I like my civ games with a cartographic element, i.e, a board with a map and

2. It’s pretty expensive for what’s in the box, i.e., I think the price is excessive for the components relative to so many other games of quality

I know this will sound unusual but I find the core game because of its cooperative nature very relaxing but this adds a competitive element that changes my impression of the game. If you want traitor/cooperative games, I recommend Shadows over Camelot with the expansion or Battlestar Galactica.

I got this to substitute for San Juan since it has more variety and flexibility. I guess I’ll play it soon and get drubbed by daughter and boyfriend.

This is a game for my daughter and boyfriend whose minds are more card play oriented. Give me a board and toys, i.e., miniatures and I’m as happy as a lark.

This game is fun and tense. It has some of the same attractions as Magic but with a core set as a living card game (LCG) it doesn’t drain your wallet. I recommend playing not just 2 player but 3. you will need to trade for or buy an extra core set and make some more plot cards but the interactive dynamic of having to beat up on one player while not allowing the other to take advantage of being ignored adds greater tension.

Too often there would be non risk games and no one would lose a building. The army point chits fixes this.

O.K. it can burn your brain but it is fun, too.