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Raxxon
If you haven't heard of it, it's because you're old and not on social media. The game is not available for purchase from retailers. 50 copies were sent out from Plaid Hat and along with each copy you receive 3 invite codes (this is all handled via special website). When you invite someone you can either buy their copy for them, or send them an invite and they can buy their own. Then they get 3 invites and so on. It's viral marketing targeted at selling a $40 MSRP board game (free shipping to U.S.).
I've played it pretty heavily the past two weeks, mostly solo which works fine. I posted my review this morning and have finalized my thoughts.
The game is mediocre. It's not bad, but it's not great. You're basically trying to manipulate face down cards that form a crowd to segregate the infected from the innocent. There's an interesting action system and you do get some nice thematic integration as it does feel as though you're fighting with a group of unruly panicked citizens trying to discern who is infected and who isn't. But the game grows stale pretty quickly.
There's a cool Raxxon card mechanism which is basically Crossroads cards from Dead of Winter but you draw them yourself and see if they meet the conditions. That's the only infusion of story.
The private website is interesting in that it has scenarios which do change up the game somewhat. Unfortunately the core structure's the same and each scenario likewise gets bland after a couple of attempts.
To me, Raxxon is all about the marketing and that nifty website. That IS the game. If this ever becomes available at retail what little magic there is will be gone. As an experiment, it's pretty crazy and somewhat easy to get sucked into. It really reminds me of Kickstarter in that the marketing is more important than the game itself.
I'd rate the game a 6, but the experience of tracking it down and researching it a 7 or 7.5.
I'd offer my invite codes but they're buried in a secret link in my review, sorry.
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charlest wrote: I'd offer my invite codes but they're buried in a secret link in my review, sorry.
Eh, wha?
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