[Board/Tactical Game]: Kingdoms, reviewed by ShannonA (3/3)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9518.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

Kingdoms is a short tactical tile-laying game that requires real thoughtful play and is very enjoyable at the same time.

Go to the full review for more information.

Post originally by Vibropod at 2003-07-16 10:59:00
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Quite timely, I was looking at this set a few days ago and debating whether or not I should purchase it My girlfriend and I enjoy playing these types of games together, and unfortunately, there aren't too many of them that are for 2 people only.

Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2003-07-16 13:29:32
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Glad to have been of help. I've actually never played it in the 2-player format--only 4--so I can't say how well it works there, but it's a good game so I'd hope it still does well.

Post originally by Jake at 2003-07-16 15:04:39
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Hi Vibropod,

As you can read in my review of <i>Kingdoms</i> ( <http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_7274.html> ), the number of players has a big impact on the game. Since I wrote that review, I played several more 2-player sessions, and stand by my assessment: 2-player games are rather direct. You make a move, your opponent does a countermove, and so on. It still is a good game, but it plays slightly better with 3 or 4 players -- it's more unpredictable, and more balanced.

By the way, Shannon: excellent review. You always seem to be able to express what I exactly like or don't like in a boardgame :-)

Bye,

--Jake

Post originally by Simon Hibbs at 2003-07-18 02:25:18
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My experience of Reiner's games is that if it says it's playable by 2 players, it is. I haven't played this one, but the LoTR board game, for example, works fine as a two player game.

My wife and I love 2 player board games too, so I'll take a look at this one when I get the chance.

Simon Hibbs