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Lowell Kempf
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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I recently commented in this blog that one of these days I would get around to logging on to Yacuta.de and trying the site out. After I had posted that, I said to myself “Well, what are you waiting for? Is there any reason to not register and try the site out?”
As a side note, I have been pleasantly surprised by how this blog has opened new doors for me. I’ve had a chance to interact with some interesting and nice folks. I’ve been introduced to some interesting concepts and had new game recommended to me. And, it has encouraged me to go back to Isotropic and check out Yacuta. Frankly, at this rate, I’ll start trying out Vassel before too long.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Yacuta, it is a German web-site that allows you to play quite a few different games. Just about all of them are Euro games and Yacuta apparently actually owns the online rights for some of them. Unlike BSW, Yacuta uses a turn-based system so games are not played real-time but turn by turn. That being said, the interface updates automatically so it is possible to play a game real time.
As I have said before (and no doubt will say again), I think the best way to play a game is face to face. However, online gaming allows me to play more game and a greater variety of games at that. My time spent playing online games has let me learn games that I might have never played (and has let me test drive some games before buying them) and has also let me play with a much bigger pool of players than I could ever play face to face.
There are two things I look at when I look at a gaming site: community and interface. Does the site have enough people there that I can find someone to play? Are they going to be friendly and inviting or are they going to be a load of jerks? Can I easily play games on the site and figure out what I need to do or is playing a game going to be an exercise in frustration?
So far, after a couple days of checking the place out Yucata seems to score pretty well in both categories. I’ve had no problems finding people to play with and they have seemed friendly enough. Plus, they make moves even more regularly than I expected. Honestly, a turn-a-day is all I ask for on a turn-based site but some of the games have pretty much been real time.
As for the interfaces, I’ve only had problems with one game out of the half-dozen I’ve tried, which was Thunderstone. Since that it probably one of the fiddlier games on the site, I’m not going to hold it against Yacuta. The others, after a little bit of fumbling, were easy to pick up and have worked perfectly well and the graphics have been excellent.
On top of all that, Yucata has a lot of games that I like to play and more that I want to learn how to play. In particular I am delighted to have a chance to Hacienda more often. Maybe I’ll even have a chance to get good at it  However, I’m pretty sure Hacienda is just the tip of the iceberg for me.
In short, I’m glad I’ve logged on to Yucata. Find new ways to expand my gaming experiences is always fun.
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