… Now hold it for the rest of the game! I dare you to try it! This is
possibly the most involved galactic 4× game I have ever seen, and it will take
you (at least) a day to play through if you have six people!
An epically made game, the rules are well constructed, and unambiguous enough
that when you learn the game you can play it with relative ease. Of course
things are open to interpretation; it's all in how you read the rules after
all, but we always work things out :)
I haven't gotten to play this anywhere near as much as I would like, but
I can highly recommend this if you're looking for a new addition to your gaming
library and you want something very very advanced. I actually would really like
to get the add ons with the other races and have a 10 player mash up, but
I dread to think how long that would take to complete, and how much room we
would need to create the universe and have all the play pieces out!
The only negative I would say to this game is all the sorting you have to do
pre and post game. The way to ease that is the addition of many small plastic
boxes to put everything away in the right order. I have done this, and it makes
it much easier, but for this reason, it loses half a star, and it also loses
half a star because Mighty Ape don't allow half ratings!
This is an epic and incredibly involved game, and if you're looking at this,
I suspect you have already made up your mind, so what are you waiting for- Go,
fetch! Expand your gaming universe and try to conquer all you see, how many of
your friends can you annihilate or convince to annihilate each other- There is
no more fun to be had at the dining table than taking your empire from strength
to strength and ruling Mecatol Rex! It will be mine, oh yes, it will
be mine!