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Rafaël Theunis

(regulus)

Belgium
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Not bad, but i do Miss subtlety in this design . If I'm not mistaken it is the same designer as sherwood forest, which was much more atmospheric. I do see there are a lot of grids on the board, but I find the way everything is layed out way too straightforward. It's certainly no Cuba...

Posted Sat Sep 4, 2010 11:11 pm
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Wolf Wittenstein

(marshduck)

Germany
Hagen
NRW

Right you are, Rafael,
Michael Menzel nowadays is pretty booked and not always affordable. But you will find Michael Menzel in and outside of the anniversary game.

Posted Sun Sep 5, 2010 8:56 am
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Rafaël Theunis

(regulus)

Belgium
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Careful, even though I'm a great fan of menzel's work he is certainly not the only great designer out there. I just have a preference for board designs that manage to transform something as dull but necessary as a grid into sth just as practical but also beautiful to look at. It is no small feat, I know, but they certainly exist and I was just expecting more for this game, that's all.

I'm very, VERY curious about the anniversary game, though. You're being very secretive about it

Posted Sun Sep 5, 2010 4:32 pm
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Wolf Wittenstein

(marshduck)

Germany
Hagen
NRW

Well, I know all about it, but right now I am VERY curious, if it will make it to Essen in time.

Posted Mon Sep 6, 2010 9:13 pm
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Paul Contway

(Paul Contway)

United States
Scottsdale
Arizona

blah

Posted Tue Sep 7, 2010 2:48 pm
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Alfred Viktor Schulz

(vittorioso)

Germany
Hamburg

Well, I like it!

Posted Wed Sep 8, 2010 6:16 pm
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Rick Baptist

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United States
Redlands
California

I don't know how the game plays, but the board looks fine to me. Good luck!

Posted Wed Sep 8, 2010 11:41 pm
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JAMES CASTELLI

(jamesmckane)

Australia
Hornsby
N.S.W

Will there be a beer expansion for us Aussies. cry

Looks great, I'm quite keen on this one.

Posted Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:05 am
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Daniel Danzer

(duchamp)

Germany
Stuttgart
southwest

jamesmckane wrote:

Will there be a beer expansion for us Aussies. cry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_wine

Posted Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:22 am
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JAMES CASTELLI

(jamesmckane)

Australia
Hornsby
N.S.W

duchamp wrote:

jamesmckane wrote:

Will there be a beer expansion for us Aussies. cry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_wine

Hmmm, I'll have to try this so called Wine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Beer

Posted Thu Sep 9, 2010 10:57 am
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Daniel Danzer

(duchamp)

Germany
Stuttgart
southwest

I rather love my "Einbecker Ur-Bock" close to my hometown. The tradition is going back to the 13th century - as many breweries in Germany. When was the first settlement of some Bititsh delinquents in Australia again?

But no kidding - I will try to find out where to get it over here.

Posted Thu Sep 9, 2010 11:11 am
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Ian Smith

(iansmithksa)

Saudi Arabia
Dhahran
Eastern Province

Wish they had used the box art image of the vintner as the main board image rather than the 70's looking cheese and wine party. Very Swingtown!

Posted Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:20 am
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Michael Scott

(lemec78)

Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta

It kind of reminds me of 70's textbook art. I like it.

Posted Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:15 pm
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Ralph T

(ralpher)

United States
Signal Hill
California

Hmm, probably a bad idea to put modern people on the game board, photo or otherwise because it immediately dates the game. I don't think I have seen a Euro with modern people on it. If some people think they look like they're from the 70s already, how will they look to gamers 10 years from now?

Posted Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:21 am
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Daniel Danzer

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Germany
Stuttgart
southwest

ralpher wrote:

If some people think they look like they're from the 70s already, how will they look to gamers 10 years from now?

Like being from the 70s? whistle

Posted Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:48 pm
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(tel999)

United Kingdom
Great Barford, Bedford
Bedfordshire

iansmithksa wrote:

Wish they had used the box art image of the vintner as the main board image rather than the 70's looking cheese and wine party. Very Swingtown!

Yep, the Mateus Rose and Blue Nun are flowing in that picture.

A Cheese Fondue and wine party then?

Posted Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:31 pm
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Snowball

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I strongly dislike the characters's 70 attires and their expressions. The rest is not much better.

Posted Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:30 am
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DoomTurtle

(DoomTurtle)

United States
Redford
Michigan

I love this board. If I had to choose between this and Vinhos based solely on the board, I would be picking this one hands down. The Vinhos board is just way too busy.

I don't understand the problem with setting the game in a certain time period. A bunch of games are set in a certain period. Arkham Horror - 1920's. Caylus - 1289. Any wargame has a set time period. So what makes this one so unacceptable?

Posted Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:20 pm
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Rafaël Theunis

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Belgium
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for me it's not about the setting of the game being "set in 1970s" (it's also debatable if this was the intention), but rather looking like an old design, as opposed to some of the amazing things we have been getting used to the past few years (in the good cases). The whole thing is just a bit too bland to my taste. But thank goodness to each his own.

Posted Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:38 pm
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(garygarison)

Eugene
Oregon

Set in the 70's? People, I was in the 70's. I know the 70's. This is not the 70's.

Posted Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:55 am
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