Welborn Family Gaming

I like that Tsuro is simple because it's easy to teach to non-gamers, but this is a game I do not enjoy playing. I don't feel like I make any meaningful decisions anytime during the game.

So while Ingenious is among my top 10 games, I rated Tsuro a 4.

I don't much care for Tsuro either. I feel like I'm going through the motions. But the kids LOVE it.

I've won a bunch of times! Maybe I've gotten lucky.

Even some very simple games, including Tsuro, have basic bits of strategy and using them will advantage you over those who don't pay enough attention to not. Many of them have a fair bit of luck, too, which can mask that strategy.

Basic Tsuro strategy:
1) save cards with with many options, use up ones that don't have many options.
2) avoid other players, especially giving another player control of your fate
3) head for large spaces, or open spaces (ones with connections to other spaces)

I had thought Crazy-8s had no strategy to it, just pure luck, until I played a bunch of games with my niece (5 1/2 years old, IIRC) last summer, and found that I was winning almost every game. I just played the basic strategy so automatically that I hadn't realized it was there.

Sounds like you guys know my entire play book when it comes to Tsuro! Are you mind readers?!!

It took me all of a ten minute game to come up with that list. The next 2 games were still interesting, as I looked for more ways to increase my chances of winning. Everything after that has been pretty boring. I dislike it when the greater part of the skill in a game is having the patience to look at all of your options, and then choose the obvious choice.

But at least it's a quick game. I would rate it lower if I could get stuck playing it for a longer period of time.

I'm on a real streak with you. Day 5 was 10 Days in the USA, another game you love.

So what you really mean to say is

"Excellent Strategic Game . . . limited replayability."