[Board/Tactical Game]: Mare Nostrum, reviewed by ShannonA (5/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/12/12920.phtml

Shannon Appelcline's Summary:

A well-designed, colorful <i>Civilization</i>-style game that plays in just a couple of hours.

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[xenongames]

What I like most about the game (after only two plays) is that the trading mechanism doesn't involve negotiations. I generally dislike "trading games" (including Settlers) because, in a nutshell, I hate haggling. Mare Nostrum's "trading" is really "open drafting" which is fast, flexible, and can be done in silence while still involving "player interaction."

[capnzapp]

Thanks for a good review. Makes me want to check MN out!

Any particular reason you review this now, though, as the game is from 2003?

Also, isn't the review a bit shortish? Is the game really that simple?