[Board/Tactical Game]: Trias, reviewed by ShannonA (3/4)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10296.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

A fun dinosaur majority-control game, with the innovative mechanic of continental drift

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Post originally by Viktor Haag at 2004-05-05 06:39:53
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Something Shannon doesn't mention is that Trias has great possibilities to be a nasty game. It's quite possible during one's turn to make moves which enhance one's own position through doing severe damage to the position of others, indeed, I'm not sure that one could play the game to win without playing in this way.

Accordingly, I'd put Trias into the "nasty game" category.

If you don't like playing Diplomacy, Intrigue, Junta, Rette Sich Wer Kann, and similar games, where backstabbing is a commonplace tactic, then you should definitely try Trias before you buy.

Post originally by Geo at 2004-05-05 13:29:26
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You can save up to 3 swimmers not only 1.

Post originally by Shannon Appelcline at 2004-05-05 14:43:41
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I list it as a 1/3 point action, which is pretty much the same thing.

Shannon

Post originally by Matthew M. Monin at 2004-09-11 22:10:54
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It's not quite the same, in that all three swimmers must be rescued as part of the same action point. Thus if you have three swimmers bordering only an empty mountain hex you can only save two of them with one point - the third one would exceed population limits. One of the saved dinosaurs would need to migrate and an additional full point used to save the extra swimmer, meaning three action points total to save them all.

Saying that saving a swimmer is 1/3 of a point could lead one to believe that they could save those two swimmers for 2/3, migrate for 1, and save the last one for 1/3, just saving all three for a total of 2 points. This is not the case.

-MMM