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I was very excited about playing this game. I love Sim City and strategy games in general. I played with my game night group a few days ago, and I was amazed at how well this game reflects actual city planning (or at least what I know of city planning from Sim City). My friends all jumped out to a huge lead over me, but I had a plan. I know that growing too quickly can easily kill a growing city, and I trusted that slow and deliberate growth would win out. I was so right! By the 5th round or so, my friends cities were overpopulated and were going bankrupt.

This game offers a lot of variety due to randomization of building that are available, and the time between turns is amazingly short. I liked this game very much!

My most recent life goal is to convert my social circle to loving board games. Unfortunately, this has been a challenge. Most of my friends and family think board games are either kids games like clue or trouble or trivia based party games like Cranium. I recently picked up Settlers in hopes of using it to introduce them to a new caliber of game. After playing with my wife and a straw person the other night, I couldn’t be happier. My wife, who doesn’t get into games at all, had a blast. She picked it up extremely quickly and ended up winning. We can’t wait to play again.