[Lizard]

Originally Posted by smascrns

Let me state my bias (if you want to call it so) upfront: I'm always suspicious of reviews of obscure new games looking for a place under the sun when these reviews are by a first-time reviewer. Specially if the said game has a previous negative review. It usually smells of an "inside trade" maneuver (in other words, of a friend-to-friend job).

Now, this may not be the case with your review but it justifies the questions: Why did you choose this game in particular for your first review? Are you planning to write some more reviews? If yes, of which games?

Don't take it personaly, it's just my smell at work.

I was going to say much the same thing, especially since this review follows on a much more negative review, and since the 'review' is surprisingly close in tone to the spiel the authors used at GenCon this year. (I feel very sorry for them; they were at GenCon and DragonCon, which probably cost them a bundle they very likely did not recoup. FI is a canonical fantasy heartbreaker...)