Post originally by Ralph Mazza at 2004-11-18 13:06:11
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I played this with some of the designers awhile back at Origins. I think its probably the second worst game Eagle has done (the worst being Mythology). It has all of the bad features of Risk plus it takes 3 times longer. Lots of added complexity with little added strategy. The entire game is pure "he who gets lucky wins".

I had REALLY high hopes for Eagle. But so far they have yet to release a game that doesn't have huge glaring problems (I soooo wanted to really love Napoleon). I don't know if its lack of playtesting, too full of a production schedule, or a marketing strategy that targets kids rather than gamers but they've yet to put out a game that's worth playing more than once IMO (save perhaps Civilization, which I haven't tried yet).

I'll probably pick up Pirates out of wishful thinking but I'm not really holding out much hope.