Ralph T
United States
Signal Hill
California
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This game is still a steal at Cardhaus so i'd like to know more about it. The current reviews don't really say much, and there's no video review in English.
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Mark Crawford
United States
Goose Creek
South Carolina
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Hear! Hear! I've been hoping Tom Vassal or Scott Nicholson would give them the full video treatment but, to date, no dice. It's a "steal" at Cardhaus - provided it's a decent game...
I did find a short review from Bruno Faidutti:
http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludotheque&id=621
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Ralph T
United States
Signal Hill
California
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Faidutti's review is interesting, the problem is all his reviews are glowing so it's tough to really know whether a game is good or not.
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Adam O'Brien
United States
Raleigh
North Carolina
Even Cleverer Overtext
The Hellfish Bonanza!!!
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Having played it three times now, I can tell you that it is a simple, light game with a few shortcomings.
The board is very nice, the cards are somewhat cheap, but have pretty good artwork. Cardboard tokens are thick and well made. Wooden bits are, well, little wooden houses. They're fine.
Gameplay is very straightforward, but there seem to be some balance issues with the bonus cards (that give points in endgame scoring). The bonus card that gives poits for trade goods is certainly too powerful, giving a huge bonus to the player that is already getting the most points during the scoring at the end of each round.
Game length is right at about 45 minutes for four players, and that with at least one person playing for the first time. I imagine four experienced players could finish in 30 minutes.
So far every game has ended with someone building out all of their market stalls, haven't seen it last 12 rounds yet.
Hope that gives you and idea. I think it would be a fine game in the $20 range, but being a very light "filler" type of game, ymmv.
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