In anticipation of this years Essen Spiel 2023, which games have you played last week? Any nice discoveries, interesting mechanisms, reviews, warnings and experiences are all welcome!

  • dpunked@feddit.deOPM
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    1 year ago

    I really wanna try Pandemic at some point but am afraid of quaterbacking. Do you see this as a problem?

    • Deadlytosty@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      I am not fully familiar with the term quarterbacking, but I assume it is where somebody effectively plays the whole game and tells everybody what to do?

      I think if you are aware of it, it is easier to stop quarterbacking. When I play it I try to give advise on hotspots for problems, but I wont plan somebody elses turn. But they decide. But the game can be prone to it. You could always play with your cards closed, then people have less information, which prevents 1 person from figuring it all out, but might complicate the game some extra as well

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        1 year ago

        you got it spot on! Yeah, at some point I should really give it a go but I am a bit afraid of ruining it :D

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      1 year ago

      If you are the dominant player then one way to handle it is to look at the other players’ “mistakes” as part of the challenge. Let them make the mistakes and play well enough on your turn to win regardless.