Ticket to Ride vs Dune Imperium

If you're gonna choose train cards, you can either pick two from the cards that are revealed or two random ones. It's not all luck of the draw because...

Do you use a card to place an agent or do you save it because it will grant combat strength when you reveal? Tough choices! At the end of the round comes the “combat” which is basically just how many troops (cubes) you’ve committed to the current combat round, plus those additional combat strength cards plus special, “Intrigue” cards you can play (they are earned from spots on the board) for that extra, “ah HA!” Moment. …and so much more. You have influence tracks that you need to move up on in the hopes of acquiring victory points…but wait! You need Spice first! No! You can’t get the Spice without paying Water…and you don’t have enough water. No no no!!!! Your opponent just went to the spot you wanted!!! This is a great game and I’m glad it didn’t just turn out to be a money grab coasting off of the hype/popularity of the new movie

We have to clean each one individually with Windex and wipe each of them individually, then let each one sit out individually to dry. This sort of takes care of the dirt and stickiness, but the lamination should be better, especially how everything else keeps clean. We haven't needed to clean them again since the one time. It would be nice if the cards were larger, too

**Feudum** (1x4p): Ho boy. This game is just *massive*. The rules explanation alone took well over an hour, and the game itself another five. While there were quite a few unclear rules questions during the game, this will absolutely get played again in our group, as hard as it is to get to the table

Theme Well, several off-shoots from Ticket to Ride have come. Not to mention an expansions for the original game that adds several smaller routes. So there is evidence that the theme can be slanted, but in Ticket To Ride Europe, game play is the same with some twists, like you can use someone else’s route for your destination’s sake without getting points for the route, and you route requiring tunneling through mountains are more pricey. These off-shoot stand alone games are a good way for Days of Wonder to charge full price for what could have been a less expensive expansion to the existing game

Like my dad made me watch the movies and quoted the books like growing up, so the theme's always been there. It was a class he took exactly it was. It...

Fun game to play. Easy game to teach the kids to play with the adults. Gets kids knowing where major cities are and how to pronounce them.

Overall, even though this is a solo review and I haven't played Dune Imperium multiplayer yet, I get the sense that playing multiplayer would be a ton of fun. I envision it to be a really vicious knife fight of a game where you jockey for position in the worker placement parts, on the faction tracks, and in the combat. But for solo players, I think you'd want to look into this one if you like compelling worker placement games because again, the combo of the cards and the spaces are really cool. If you like simple solo A

I am of the opinion that some of these modern classics, (**Small World, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Dominion, Catan,** etc...**)** are still worth playing today

Sent an email to the publisher to see if they'll send me out the missing pieces. Can't play otherwise.

The setup and play are very hard to understand. Outside of a neat box and concept, this is probably one to stay away from..

Arnak has 5 rounds, but there is no limit to points. So I never feel like "oh no, so and so got a point" has any real impact, because it is too early to tell what will happen.

i thought I was disproportionately bummed about it but then we babysat and our friends daughters also commented that their favorite part about the game was the cards and that the smaller size and simpler design was an outrage. So I felt validated. I would happily pay more for those magnificent cards or collectors editions with special art. I did order the extension set which had better cards but still feel that the game should have come with the original, magnificent cards

The AI in 2p is really poorly thought out and a very bad mechanic imo. We didnt have much fun playing this and i think it will not hit the table again soon.

It is not a quick game, so plan to spend at least an hour to play, depending on how many players you have (and how quickly they make decisions). If you play often, consider purchasing the expansion pack! Highly recommended.

We played Dune: Imperium a few months ago. I think that thing's almost a year old now! I doubt it holds up anymore.

If I were to nitpick, I would definitely say the cards are oddly small and thus can be hard to shuffle and handle- especially at the start of each game, when you'll end up spending 15 minutes just trying to mix them up as much as possible. But it's a small price to pay for such a fun game. Overall, Ticket to Ride has quickly become a family favorite, and it is definitely one I'd highly recommend! A 5 out of 5!

We will get together again next month, this time we'll try to get the maximum amount of six players.