tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post8501062310467020468..comments2023-12-03T23:16:56.786-07:00Comments on Cumbersome: AgricolaSeth Jaffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-15674232521293923012008-08-11T17:12:00.000-07:002008-08-11T17:12:00.000-07:00I think this game may also be prone to PR syndrome...<I>I think this game may also be prone to PR syndrome - put a newbie in amongst the experienced players, and there is potential for serious screwage</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I see this as a bad thing. Why do games have to give such a helping hand to a newbie that they can be expected to beat seasoned veterans? If you're new and we're not, you'll likely lose. Then you'll learn, get better, and maybe win in the future. That's the way it should be.<BR/><BR/><I>I believe Zev if he says he has won without cards; I saw someone nearly do it the other night, and they only failed because of one of those utterly broken combos...</I><BR/><BR/><B>MY POINT EXACTLY!!!</B>Seth Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-21674035470320829682008-08-11T17:07:00.000-07:002008-08-11T17:07:00.000-07:00I don't believe that there are a large number of s...I don't believe that there are a large number of strategic paths. There are certainly a large number of tactical combinations (which is where it scores over, say, Caylus), but in the long run there do not seem to be quite such a wide variety of outcomes as it looks as if there ought to be. But then again I feel the same about Race for the Galaxy, so there you go. Part of what I mean is that these games are very good, but not if you play them constantly to the exclusion of all else.<BR/><BR/>I think this game may also be prone to PR syndrome - put a newbie in amongst the experienced players, and there is potential for serious screwage, even given the efforts to address that within the system.<BR/><BR/>But don't get me wrong - I still think it's a brilliant design. I just don't think that it's quite as deep as it pretends to be.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I believe Zev if he says he has won without cards; I saw someone nearly do it the other night, and they only failed because of one of those utterly broken combos...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-61036492500361831492008-08-10T13:38:00.000-07:002008-08-10T13:38:00.000-07:00So what you're saying is that it'll be about 2 mon...So what you're saying is that it'll be about 2 months before I can think about playing anything else?<BR/><BR/>I guess I should hold off on buying anything like PotE expansion then...Seth Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884352.post-33227150297767075662008-08-10T11:35:00.000-07:002008-08-10T11:35:00.000-07:00There are 4+ pasted-up copied of Agricola locally....There are 4+ pasted-up copied of Agricola locally. They were heavily played...last year. =It took two months for them to pretty much disappear entirely and not be seen again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com