Great game with kids.

Hand-made DTP version.

I think this is a good game, but not great, after 1 play. The tension that I found in Twilight Struggle just isn't in this game, and the inability to easily assess where you are in the game point-wise makes it difficult to focus on the right objectives.

Love this game - from the thematic elements (pirates!) to the game play.

My favorite CheapAss game so far.

After about 10 plays. I love it two-player and fast.

*If* you take this game for what it is, and play it quickly enough to finish in an hour, it is quite fun.

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After one playing and three teachings. Very little down-time, high enjoyment factor.

I would rate this higher if it were 1983 instead of 2003. I have little patience for a game like this in the modern age of computers, though it was fun in its time.

My kids love this game, and with the highly subjective nature of the judging they tend to beat the adults most of the time.

Rating after 1 play at Essen. Very promising.

Better than I expected - some interesting mechanics and beautiful bits.

Makes Attack a much deeper game with challenging resource management.

Nice expansion - adds some nice global events increasing chaos a bit but allowing killed characters to return for a bit.

offervalue:20

Much better than I expected. Might go up after a few more plays.

Almost perfect. Love this game.

A very creative game with interesting dynamics, but a bit longish for me. I prefer Antike in the similar genre, but there's enough uniqueness here to keep me interested.

Great train-style game - look forward to playing it more. Reminds me of Volldampf and Ticket to Ride.

We haven't tired of this one yet, and I've found it very appealing to non-gamers.

My favorite Carcassonne. This is the most strategic version.

I own the electronic version. Great party game.

Bumping to 8. My second play was significantly more enjoyable than the first.

A fun little abstract, reminiscent of some recent GIPF games (or vice versa) with some checkers and chess feel to it.

Need to get a nicer board.

Still exploring the game, rating of 7 after 3 plays. Really need to try one of the bigger scenarios to explore the breadth of the game and all of the mechanics at once.

Nice little dice game - similar to Yahtzee but more competitive and shorter.

An interesting variation on Scrabble where you build equivalences instead of words. The scoring is a bit flawed (for example, you can rack up a ton of points by building two seamingly complex sides of an equation that just evaluate to zero), but we still enjoy the game. Very customizable for smaller kids too - you can remove certain operators, fractions, etc.

Fun little abstract. I need to try it with more than 2 players.

One of SimplyFun's better party games. Always a hoot to play and doesn't take too long.

I've learned to carry this game with me to restaurants, meetings, etc. anytime there might be some downtime. My kids (ages 6 and 8) love playing it, and its a great introduction game.

Bumping this up to a 10. yes, my first 10 - awarded because of the pleasure / time ratio.

One of the better CCGs to come out over the past 3 years.

At first, while playing with my family, we found the game to be fairly slow and predictable - we were rarely caught with more than 7 cards, and the play choices seemed too obvious.

Then I started playing online. While I managed not to lose a few times (I've yet to win), I haven't even won a phase! And the experienced players are adept at emptying their hands at the most opportune times. There's more to this game than meets the eye, and I look forward to learning some of the nuances and improving my play.

Better than I expected. There's more depth to this game than people are giving credit.

After only 1 play I can see the shine in this game. Played with 5, anxious to try it with 2 or 3.

Excellent economic and pick-up-and-deliver game. Reminds me of a cross between Acquire and Age of Steam.

We really enjoy this game! My 6 year old is able to grasp it, and he loves the themes.

One of the better SimplyFun games around. A nice twist on Balderdash but harder, I think. Components are very well done.

My two sons (ages 6 and 8) and I come back to this game at least monthly - very high replay value. Gets pretty tough with the F&F expansion though.

I've enjoyed playing this game, but don't find myself coming back to it as much as Magic, 7th Sea, or Warlord. Time will tell...

One of my favorite exploration games.

One of my all-time favorites - still play at least monthly, and sometimes more frequently now that the online service is available.

Great time/fun ratio in this light game.

First impression: quick, fun, easy to get into with plenty of strategy. Should have nice replayability with the different countries and cards.

After a few plays I'm disenchanted. Don't seem to be many choices involved, and it is often a case of "who moves first will win". Hard to fathom playing this over Magic or other more compelling CCGs.

Not much there but a decent balancing game.

Better than I expected. The rules were a bit tricky to get through, but once we sat down with the cards and played through it was an engaging, if not luck-driven, little game.

This game is holding up well after 3-4 plays and will have a permanent place in my collection.

Fun word/card game with some creative mechanics for stay/fold.

One of my favorite word games. Easy to teach and play.

One of my top 10 games - amazing design and balance.

I'm bumping this game up a bit - it really is a great intro/gateway game for kids.

Moving up on my list after 2 plays. Great, tight auction game.

After 2 plays, only one of which was played correctly. I like it, plays in about an hour. Some won't like the random nature.

After two plays. Perfect sweet spot for my family - great bits, short playing time, plenty of depth.

Good fun, great theme, but there are better co-op games out there.