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Jesse Olivier
Canada
Abbotsford
bc
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In Attika, each player oversees the building of his city-state. Players compete in a fast moving frenzy to build buildings and claim land for them and create the biggest empire.
1. Game-play
In Attika you find yourself as a mayor-like position, trying to build different cities throughout the map. The board is made up of 4, 6, or 8 tiles with random resource icons on each. Each tile has 7 places where you can build, some of which container a resource icon.
On a players turn, one has 1 of 2 decisions. Either draw new city tiles or build city tiles. Each player has 4 piles of building tokens, all identical but in different orders. If you choose to draw you are allowed to draw up to 2 building tokens from different piles. If you draw a token you want to play immediately, you can pay for it and play it on the board, if not you place it on your building chart.
If you choose to build you get to build up to 3 buildings from your sheet. You will pay the required resources on the token from cards you have drawn or by using the resource icons on the board. If you build a token next to another of in its same "building tree" its cost is free.
You may draw resource cards instead of taking one of your actions. for example you may draw one token and then one card because you have one draw token action left or you may build one building and draw 2 cards if you choose the building action
If you choose the drawing token action and you end up taking the last token from a pile you will get to take a new tile and place it where ever you want on the board, making a bigger map.
On the flip side if you build all the buildings in one building tree so that they are all connected you will receive "amphoras" that can be used on later turns to gain yourself another action.
The game is won when a player achieves one of 2 things. Either a) build all of your tokens on the board or b) build a path of your buildings connection 2 shrines. There are 2/3/4 shrines; depending on throw many players playing (one for each player) so trying to connect them will create land battles.
2. Interactions
This game is won and lost by messing up your opponents. You need to get in their way so they don't connect 2 shrines with their buildings as well as trying to smother their main city so that they will not get to play buildings in the correct order for free. If you don’t like conflict... don't open the box
3. Game Time
The game box says 60 minutes, however in a 2 player game you can play through the game in 30 minutes. A 4 player game will take 45 minutes unless you have some slow thinkers in the game.
4. Rules/Difficulty
With having only 2 choices to make in a turn the game is very easy to learn and teach. The rule book is 4 pages long; however most of the rulebook is large pictures with examples explaining different facets of the game. They help a lot for your first time learning.
In all it is very easy to learn any teach as long as you emphasize one thing to you new opponents. Efficiency is the key t winning. You must maximize your turns buy having to draw as little resource cards as possible. This may not be obvious on the surface of the game but should be told to new players otherwise you will just beat them to a pulp easily... games are all about fun for everyone right
5. How well does it play different amounts of players
Attika in my experience should not be played with three players? You will experience a lot of, "you block him there (so I can do my own thing)" in the end two people will battle for space and the other will do his own thing with relative ease.
That said Attika is best played 2 players. It is a great game for head to head battle. In a four player game you will have to rely on your enemies to help you. This might not happen, so in a 2 player game your destiny is in your hands.
6. Components/Art
the components are nothing to special. The game consists of some orange wooden carrot looking pieces for the "amphoras", and everything else is solid cardboard pieces. The tiles that make up the board are similar to the settlers of catan. Not bad components, just no flash in this game
7.Fun-factor/Who will like it?
Attika is a very fun game. It can get very intense, especially when playing with more players. You will find yourself hoping others will do your bidding for you so you don’t lose to another player. Good fun to be had in this simple, filer game. Worth at least one try
This game will suite just about all kinds of gamers. It provides enough substance to get right into the strategy. New gamers have enjoyed it as well as those who are craving those meaty games. All in all a good game!
So that's all for Attika. If you have any more questions about the game feel free to message me. I would be happy to answer them.
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Max Jamelli
United States
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
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Attika is a great game, but in many stores it's listed as out of print. I got very lucky and found a game store in ohio that had it new. Buyers may end up hoping to trade for it or get a copy in the marketplace here or Ebay.
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Nice review. Relatively short and informative. And most importantly, you answer the question, how the game feels like in your opinion.
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Craig Liken
New Zealand
Christchurch
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Good simple review.
Just a couple of points that might enhance your game play section:
I think an important thing to mention (you hint at it in another section) is that if tiles are built in a specific order then they are "free" builds.
Also, I am not sure it is completely correct to see that you get an amphora if buildings are built in the correct order - they don't have to be - it is just that the "set" must be linked together to gain the amphora. I presume you are playing it correctly, but just didn't quite express it right in writing the review.
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Jesse Olivier
Canada
Abbotsford
bc
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thanks for pointing that out. I guess i didnt word it properly. But when you are right you are right. So I have fixed it and gave u a thumbs to boot
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Posted Tue Jul 6, 2010 1:23 am
