tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829360209113689355.post8872097278228416350..comments2024-03-22T01:20:21.749-07:00Comments on Board Game Reviews by Josh: Quadrago ReviewJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011225292134198772noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6829360209113689355.post-55799858648913044602012-08-20T22:13:57.988-07:002012-08-20T22:13:57.988-07:00Quarto is a good game (not great, but nicely brief...Quarto is a good game (not great, but nicely brief for best 2-of-3), although Quarto often ends with the same sad "Oh" that you describe for Quadrango.<br /><br />Some great games, in random order:<br />Khet (and probably Khet 2.0), Quoridor, Kamisado, Twixt, Quirkle Cubes.<br /><br />A good game is Tayu, which abstractly combines elements of Twixt with a clever and very nice scoring idea (Tayu is my wife's fave). Set is also good, but is rather anti-social as all must be quiet. Big Boggle is also good, and though it has its quiet time, much chatter ensues during score countings. Upwords is similar to but for many people more fun that Scrabble --- only the hardcore word people prefer Scrabble.<br /><br />A disappointing game is Stratego, where too much the best offense is a passive stance waiting to play defense. In chess two weak pieces can gang up on one strong piece, but unfortunately not so in Stratego.<br /><br />Also disappointing are games like Dominion. I feel Dominion is merely a "card game" of sorts; and there are way too many of these card style games in fashion these days. It is a screaming bore to learn the many attributes of various cards - who cares?<br /><br />Thanks, GeneM aatt CastleLong.com , 2012/Aug<br /><br />P.S. Your Kaptcha is unreadable, very bad.GeneMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760103001033379456noreply@blogger.com