PR is also not my #1 game, though I do think it is pretty good. As it was, PR languished on my shelf a solid year and a half before I ever played it, and to date I've only played it thrice.
Not my #1 game either. It has only seen the table twice since I bought it, and I cant convince my friends to play it, which make it my worst game purchase really.
I put off playing this game for ages. In fact, I put off checking out most of the top 10 games for quite a while. Why? It's hard to explain, and it seems ludicrous in retrospect, but I think it was a vestige of that "I don't want [listen/watch/play] that [music/movie/game] everyone else is [listening to/watching/playing]. I mean, how can it be that good?"
Then I played Tigris & Euphretes. And Puerto Rico. And Power Grid. And I repented of my foolish anti-gamine elitism. Now I'm a gaming snob and I love it.
If a game is not made to be played with two players out of the box it usually won't get purchased. There have been exceptions to this rule, but PR is not one of them.
Although it's not my #1 game, I do enjoy it and I find it a very good game. But, I know what you mean regarding theme. It was really one of the few "try before I buy" games. I met up with a BGGer and asked him to bring the game, as I was really interested on why everyone loved it so (it didn't look interesting to me at all). I was blown away by it (and TtD, as well). Not the theme (even tho after playing it, I like the theme enough) but how it played, how simple it was to get into is what I really enjoyed.
If a game is not made to be played with two players out of the box it usually won't get purchased. There have been exceptions to this rule, but PR is not one of them.
The offical 2 player varient from Alea for PR is very good. I've played about half of my PR games that way.
It is not my #1 either and I also don't own it. I do like it, though. I am also in the boat that agrees this game should not have won Spiel de Jahres. I don't know what else was released that year, I don't follow games that closely, but I have read the criteria for the award and from my experience with the game, it does not meet the criteria.
Yeah I agree, not the best game of all time as some may say. I actually traded my copy away, it got a couple of trial runs then no one wanted to play it anymore.
Is there a term for a poser-geek?
I can't help it. I'm addicted to theme.
What have the Germans got against giant robots?
Maybe some day, I'll play this and suddenly see the light.
Everyone has different tastes.
Where's the theme, man?
Then I played Tigris & Euphretes. And Puerto Rico. And Power Grid. And I repented of my foolish anti-gamine elitism. Now I'm a gaming snob and I love it.
The offical 2 player varient from Alea for PR is very good. I've played about half of my PR games that way.