Colosseum

[LilNewbie]

Originally Posted by ej

Just for the record... if you get none of them right you'll still get 1 chance entered.

"...if you get none of them right...you should have used a better search engine...."



Newb.

[markwars]

Originally Posted by LilNewbie

"...if you get none of them right...you should have used a better search engine...."



Newb.

Maybe he was using the poor man's Google.....Froogle. :P

[ej]

I was going by memory. And since I've neither read nor studied absolutely anything on the subject, I can honestly say that my memory did NOT fail me.

[netherspirit]

Winners are announced tommorrow!

[netherspirit]

Crap, I didn't win!

[InfinityMax]

Me neither. Dangit!

[markwars]

Where do you find winner lists?

[netherspirit]

Originally Posted by markwars

Where do you find winner lists?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/165458

[ej]

WOOOHOOOOO!


No, I didn't win either.

[Hahnarama]

Well since Nether just b i t c h e d slapped me because I didn't search the forums..... :P

I picked it up last week and have played a few games. Pretty freaking cool! Even w/o my heavy discount I still would have paid full MSRP. I give it two thumbs up.

[netherspirit]

Originally Posted by Hahnarama

Well since Nether just b i t c h e d slapped me because I didn't search the forums..... :P

Just doing my job. I gotta say when I get to b-slap you, it makes it all worth it.

Originally Posted by Hahnarama

I picked it up last week and have played a few games. Pretty freaking cool! Even w/o my heavy discount I still would have paid full MSRP. I give it two thumbs up.

Its still on my buy list. I've read the rules and it looks like a good time.

[RichardD]

I mostly enjoyed it, but think that it takes too long for the decisions (and fun) that it delivers. I've not played a game yet that lasted less than 2 hours, and frankly there are other games of that length which feel better.

The problem for me comes down to the way that new assets are distributed - first a rather odd "you can only win one" auction, with rules about passing and who chooses what to auction that can be a bit bizarre. That takes a bit of time. Then you have the trading phase, which can also take a bit of time. Two phases - and mechanics - designed to do the same thing, namely distribute the assets to the players for a fair price.

Frankly if I'd have gone anywhere near the development, I'd have said ditch one or the other, or possibly both (personally I'd have gone with some sort of drafting mechanic, and anyone left making the obvious comparisons to Show Manager would have been told to get stuffed).

A solid - nay, pretty good - game, but ultimately just too long for it's own good.