Comments on: Game Crazed – A Bit About the Board Games I Have Played Recently

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:36:14 +0000

I have to agree that the looks of a game matter. It seems as though they shouldn’t but no matter how cool a Cheap Ass game is, it will probably see less play than a better produced and yet similarly interesting game.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:47:17 +0000

White Wolf's Murder City is a future-noir detective game steeped in atmosphere and flavored with a just hint of role playing; at some point I should get time to play it more and write my review...

Galaxy Trucker is one of a handful of games I was considering in the store when I selected Murder City a while back. It was a toss-up, as I really like card- or tile-building games (Drakon, The Very Clever Pipe Game, and even Scrap Heaps, to name a few). On the topic of game prices, I do think that packaging, art, and construction quality can make a difference while playing a game. Of course, the quality of what's inside isn't always reflected by the price. Then there are those games which aren't saved just by being dressed up in nice production.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:14:29 +0000

Apparently Through the Ages only plays up to four as well, I guess I missed that on first inspection. That is a bit disappointing.

However I did see that Galaxy Trucker sells for $50 on Amazon and that is a much more reasonable price.