The Games You Want to Play…Part XXXV

It is a great little travel game with just a deck of cards and brief set of rules that can host 2 to 4 players. Thanks to Tyler for teaching it to me even though he won! Teaching and playing probably took 30 minutes for our two-player game.

Play is straightforward, you have a hand of 7 cards. You draw two cards each round, either from the (faceup) discard pile or the (facedown) draw pile (you can draw one from each or both from one, but there is no digging through the discard pile allowed). You then play one card in front of you and discard one (see the picture). Play goes until the draw pile is empty. You will still have 7 card in your hand at the end of play.

Not only must you play cards out in front of you to be ready to win points at the end of the game (which is done by “connecting” suits of trees), you must retain cards in your hand to keep your opponents from scoring on the cards in front of them (or vice versa). The game’s system to keep you engaged with your opponent is quite simple, but adds some depth.

The card art is very attractive.

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We were pleasantly reminded of how advanced its mechanics were for such an early board game. Gameplay is fairly straightforward and, once you have worked through a couple turns, you are able to play off the provided player aids for the most part. The cards, with the odd exception, were very clear.

The components are fine, though not spectacular. The colors for the Spacing Guild and the Emperor are a little too similar and caused confusion a couple times, though we adjusted after a while, and it felt like the special units could have benefited from something “more”. However, the components worked well and, with the above notes, it was very clear what was happening.

The picture follows a rather rough turn that found the Emperor drop an army on top of a force of Fremen, whose leader turmed out to be a traitor, and the Spacing Guild taking the Harkonnen fortress. So, the Tanks were fairly full. This is even after the revival phase in the subsequent turn.

I enjoyed returning to the game after a couple decades and we plan to get it back on the table soon.

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We enjoy Ticket to Ride and this was no different. The best thing about this was the portability and, as we are fans of NYC, the theme worked nicely for us.

As always, you score points for connecting stops and for completing the routes you draw at the beginning (and during) the game. In this instance you are trying to connect routes on Manhattan between the major points of town. Also, there are bonuses for having popular tourist locations as your stops. Due to the small size of the game, they just have you sum everything at the end (using the included scoring pad and pencil).

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