Was listening to the D6 Generation podcast and they had the Englestein's on and they talked extensively about the Ares Project. Truth be told, the more they talked the more interested I became.

Has anybody played it? What do you think of it? Be honest! I know Geoff is lurking and taking down names to add to his "black book" for future retribution but don't let that frighten you.

I got this one for Christmas. I've only had a chance to play 2 or 3 times, and only once with the full game.

There's something really good there, but the game is difficult to learn. The asymmetry is as extreme as anything I've seen in a game like this, so the differences between the factions is a lot to digest. The basic game is not very difficult, but it also fails to really give an idea of the scope of the game. There were a lot of moments where I just stared at my hand with no idea of what to do.

I definitely need to play it some more. There's a really good game there, I think. But I haven't yet played enough to get past the learning curve.

I guess I'll put my black book away - for now...

I'll probably be up at ConnCon in March. You're up in CT, right? I'd be happy to teach it to you so you can make a more informed decision.

An educated gamer is our best customer...

Geoff

repoman wrote:


Sadly when I tried to pick up girls, the more I talked the less interested they became...

I will be at ConnCon. Look for the fat guy with a goatee. That will be me. :)

I am teaching Eclipse Saturday and Sunday morning but other than that I'd love to play a game of it.

You should probably walk around with an 80's style boom box blasting out your Game Tech theme so I know who you are.

Yeah, I want to play this over the weekend at well. Very curious about it, c'mon and sell me on it.

I'd like to try a multiplayer game to see how it works. The game seems like it would be best with two but then again I've not played with more yet. Sounds like a plan to get it to the table.

Steve"giant Robot FTW"Avery

I'm just going to be there for Saturday, but I'm going to try to drive up early. So I'll be around most of the day.

I'll probably be bringing my new Starship prototype with me as well.

Geoff

engelstein wrote:


I'm wondering why there's so few reviews, though. It looks like it hasn't taken off like I'd have expected, to be honest.

I'd have reviewed it, but my review copy got lost in the mail. >:) Honestly, though, I'd have probably hated it. Too many cards and too few boards.

SuperflyTNT wrote:


FWIW, as a completely biased view of the situation, we got killed by the distribution delay.

Our 'buzz' (and there was buzz) peaked during the summer, when a few copies were available at Origins and Gencon. That's when the bulk of the reviews & videso came out, and that's when we hit #1 on the BGG 'Hot List'.

Unfortunately, due to the Z-Man sale, there were no games for sale until October. During this time any folks that were interested moved on to something else, which I can't really blame them for. We've been working diligently to stoke interest again, but I think it will take time to get word of mouth going.

I don't blame Zev or Z-Man - I think the timing was just really bad as Filosofia tried to integrate all the Z-Man shipments, etc, into their system. They are a small company and transitions are always challenging.

It's frustrating as a designer, but that's what happens sometimes.

Geoff