The most difficult one to justify are the Diplomat zombies...

"Yeah, I know. They get an advantage for attacking lands next to the ocean but not in the ocean. It doesn't make sense, but that's the rules."

"I'm controlling a bunch of fish who can't swim. Who knew?"

When someone anyone is pointing a gun, even a pistol at you. You'd be surprised at how reactionary a person might act.

Hmm...that guy looks like he has better aim....plus he has a bigger g....*blam*

The first I agree with, the second not entirely. The win/loss conditions don't need to mean "If we lose X we retreat". It's just that the other side caused enough damage that, even if you win the battle, it's still a very costly victory that the other side could claim as a win.

I don't think the sun is big enough to supernova.

The designers probably learn all their science from CSI.

I don't think the sun is big enough to supernova.

The designers probably learn all their science from CSI.

"And the more resources you buy, the more expensive per resource they will be"

'Haven't you heard of economies of scale'

I played so much Talisman (or, as we in the know called it... Talisman) in college.

Hum, even us not in the know would call "Talisman..." "Talisman"

Yeah... this is wacky. I want to jam a pencil into one of my temples and draw it from the other one whenever this hits the table these days. I just chalk it up to the very rare instance when a game just doesn't agree with me. In this case, it's a highly-rated game and a SdJ winner to boot. Rare indeed, but I'll live with it -- except for the pencil wounds.

Dominion is a good example of an excellent, great game that for some reason had to have a theme put on it. And hence, it makes for fun logical consistencies. It didn't have to have a medieval theme, just about anything would've worked, because the core mechanics are solid.

I see this a lot with eurogames. IMO, you shouldn't put a theme on a game unless you're going to do it properly.

Cameron

I would have preferred to see them called something like "Trade Routes" or "Mines" (which would have required renaming the "Mine" card), but I can see that just calling it "coins" is the simplest approach, even if it doesn't make a lot of narrative sense.

I haven't actually played this game (yet), but (after watching several reviews) it seems VERY shallow and lacking in strategy.

Its great popularity seems the least logical aspect.

I don't know what Tom Vasel sees in it.

There's a simple explanation for evertyhing that's weird about Le Havre: EU subsidies.

I hate this rule. It simply doesn't make sense, especially when you own the building. Once I built a Wharf and couldn't use it for several turns, as my opponent built all the wooden ships with it!