Twilight Struggle
by admin on Sep.08, 2010, under Games & Trinkets
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In 1945 unlikely allies toppled Hitler’s war machine while humanity’s most devastating weapons forced the Japanese Empire to its knees in a storm of fire. Where once there stood many great powers there now stood only two — the United States and the…… More >>
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September 8th, 2010 on 12:57 pm
Twilight Struggle. Wow. What a game.
Let me say that again. What a game.
There are many reviews out there. Some of the best are posted on the boardgamegeek website. I encourage you to check them out.
If you are a gamer, you will love this game. It is pure addiction.
A casual coffee-table game it is not. As Booker noted, it will take several plays to get a sense of what’s going on in terms of the deeper strategy. A skilled veteran player will destroy new players and non-gamers. So you will need to find someone who is willing to invest the same amount of time that you are.
The reason is that knowledge of every card in the deck is an absolute must to be able to play this game well. Your spirits may crumble after spending several precious rounds building influence in an area only to have a single card wipe it all away. Players who know the cards will have a better sense of where to invest and when.
But fear not–the first few plays are very enjoyable, if also played with a newbie. The experience of learning the game with someone new is really good.
After playing this game, you will be reading strategy articles on the Internet, reading the cards, looking at the board, thinking about strategy, talking with others about the game, etc. It’s just that fun and engrossing.
And wow, the theme is great. Every card represents a major event that happened during the Cold War, complete with actual representative photograph from the period. The events and the pictures that represent them will draw you into the game’s theme. The game booklet even contains historic descriptions of the events, so you’ll learn something to boot!
Make sure that you get the latest version. As of 5/25/10, that would be the Deluxe Edition. You can read online what the differences are, but there are major revisions. It’s not like buying the “collector’s edition” of a game that is usually unnecessary because the regular version still contains the whole game. That’s NOT the case with this game. Not only does the new version come with better components, but there have been several important changes in the game, including balance changes, and there are also new and important cards.
Happy playing!
Rating: 5 / 5