tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10734171.post7899521771049580135..comments2023-09-04T04:55:25.547-07:00Comments on The Smith Home: Game Night! YayRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03454288003881075328noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10734171.post-45691047770879823772008-06-16T20:26:00.000-07:002008-06-16T20:26:00.000-07:00I've been massively "out-geeked." Hee Hee.I've been massively "out-geeked." Hee Hee.Koralmaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869841797912383716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10734171.post-31732374420578801062008-06-16T11:41:00.000-07:002008-06-16T11:41:00.000-07:00I like TTR because my family will play. Even on a ...I like TTR because my family will play. Even on a 4 or five player game it is a little slow. It also requires more luck of the draw than I like. But it is still fun.Virginia Schnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378541179228484219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10734171.post-45944423252590020442008-06-15T23:11:00.000-07:002008-06-15T23:11:00.000-07:00Agree with Carcassonne and game momentum dying... ...Agree with Carcassonne and game momentum dying... that game just drug on and on and on... While I won, I felt like it was more out of attrition than superior tactics, that was a game I wasn't sure was ever going to end.<BR/><BR/>Tikal I think I just got lucky on, basically I saw Eric going for the treasures, figured he had played before and knew what he was doing, so I kinda copied him until I "figured it out" on my own.<BR/><BR/>Shalisa and I played 3 games of TTR:Europe tonight (just got done with the last game... 5 minutes ago). I do agree the game seems a bit slow, especially the first time we played it as Shalisa had a case of analysis paralysis and wanted to study everything. By the third game we were moving along pretty quickly so there was always action going on. But my theory on your experience with TTR (which I do feel it is kinda slow as well) has to do more with playing 2 player version vs 4 or 5 player. With 2 players there isn't enough competition for the same tracks (plus you can plan WAY ahead with the 5 face up cards vs 4 player where the face up cards could be totally different by the time they come around to you again).<BR/><BR/>Europe has tunnels and ferries, which I don't think RADICALLY alter the game or anything, tunnels can be tricky to win although with a bit of planning you can ace through them pretty quick. Ferries just seem like a reason to draw locomotives more and thats about it.<BR/><BR/>All in all, I can see where TTR would be a GREAT 4 or 5 player game, but with 2 people I think it suffers from too large of a game board. If the game board was half sized and you played 2 player, then I think you would see where the game shines (competition for same tracks). But with just 2 players, even if you lose that track you "had to have" there is always at least 1 alternate route. With 5 players, if 3 people have the same destination, SOMEONE is going to have to build a station.<BR/><BR/>In the 3 games Shalisa and I played, neither of us EVER built a station... and in the last game I managed to connect EVERY SINGLE TRAIN PIECE for longest train.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, I agree TTR isn't quite as good as Carcassonne the Castle for 2 player... but I wouldn't throw it out quite yet.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03454288003881075328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10734171.post-60868996797736450682008-06-15T21:37:00.000-07:002008-06-15T21:37:00.000-07:00i'm showing nothing on the recently played games.i...i'm showing nothing on the recently played games.<BR/><BR/>i also would like to note that Carcassonne with 5 players, at the END of game night, coming up on 2:30am, and with The Tower ABSOLUTELY KILLS GAME MOMENTUM.<BR/><BR/>i had a really hard time developing any strategy other than, cross my fingers and play the piece i draw.<BR/><BR/>tikal was also fun.<BR/>the strategy i picked to play out from the beginning wasn't a "winning one", but that's what you get when you play a unique strategy on the first time you ever play!<BR/><BR/><BR/>kristi and i played ticket to ride [US] twice today and once yesterday. i feel like it's slow since you only have three options on your turn: draw, build, pick more lines. it's ok. but maybe i need someone to clue me in on why it gets such phenomenal reviews. [i ear the europe and the US versions are a little bit different].justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958805042604783967noreply@blogger.com