[Board/Tactical Game]: Mission: Red Planet, reviewed by ShannonA (5/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12546.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

Steampunk Mars! A well-designed and enjoyable majority control game by Faidutti & Cathala.

Go to the full review for more information.

[DougOrleans]

The "Thief" character is called "Femme Fatale" in this game: changing a cube's color to your own is pretty much the same as stealing a resource.

[ShannonA]

Originally Posted by DougOrleans

The "Thief" character is called "Femme Fatale" in this game: changing a cube's color to your own is pretty much the same as stealing a resource.

Ah, that makes sense. I hadn't quite sussed out which was the equivalent, but I think you're right!

[Robert A. Rodger]

What age range does the game work for? Or rather, can I play it with my 10-year-old niece?

[Matthew Gabbert]

One minor correction: In the review, it says that the First Player marker moves clockwise at the end of a turn, but I think it actually goes to whichever player went last during the just completed turn.

With regard to age appropriateness: I just got it and will be playing it tonight for the first time with my monthly game group, but I hope to play it again soon with my wife and two older children (ages 11 and 9). They're old hands at Eurogames by now and I think they'll do fine.

-- Matthew Gabbert

[DougOrleans]

It turns out that the Thief tile in Silk Road was in Ted Cheatam's early prototype, so it wasn't Bruno Faidutti's addition. But maybe it's why he agreed to work on it!
http://jbdgames.blogspot.com/2007/01...silk-road.html