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James Fung
United States
Berkeley
California
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I decided to dust off my review series, Sum of Its Parts, which has been languishing since I decided to knuckle down and graduate (still in progress, by the way).
So the thing is this: I could write a lot more reviews, like the ones that summarize the rulebook and include pictures of the components. Or I could write what amounts to little more than an elaboration of a rating comment. I am a sucker for microbadges and could use the  , and 100 reviews would get me the sexy golden reviewer microbadge:
However, I have an aversion to mediocre work, and for reviews I really don't want to submit one that doesn't add to the conversation. For some wargames, this is pretty easy when only a couple reviews exist. But for pretty much any eurogame I have, there are already many reviews on BGG. There are already many kinds of reviews on BGG. Together, they cover a lot of ground, and it's not worth my time or the reader's time to retread that ground.
For my review of Battle Line, I thought I had something to add. And the review was moderately well-received, staying on the front page for a few days.
Recently (as in, within the past couple semester), my friends and I have gotten a lot of mileage out of Coloretto. So when I sat down to restart my review series, that got me thinking why. And, yes, I think have something to add about Coloretto. Okay,
Trent Hamm
United States
Huxley
Iowa
See this text? It's a gratuitous waste of GeekGold.
The game itself isn't important. Spending time intellectually jousting with likeminded folks is the real reason to game.
has already mentioned its elegance and
Tom Vasel
United States
Homestead
Unspecified
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Dice Tower Convention, July 2012!!!!
praises it for its ease to pick up and play. I'm not one of the big dogs, but (I hope) I took it a little further and waxed philosophical about the game design and mechanics and how less is more. Well, at least it's not much less.
As for where to go next, I really haven't been wargaming at all recently, so one of those is unlikely. The most likely candidate is Backgammon, which I feel is largely misunderstood. But several reviewers have already hit on the "it's not just a roll&move" theme (it isn't), but I have to find something fresh to say.
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