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This is part of a series of bloody matches to the death. Show support for your favorite game so it will do better in the fight. You can support it by writing why you think its the better game and more importantly by betting (i.e. voting for) it. Please make it clear for when I check the bets later. You have until Friday when I tally the bets and declare the winner. I will reserve my bet for any tie-breakers.

Although you should be familiar with both games, there is no rule that says you have to have played both of them. The only rule in Trashdome is this;

Two games enter! One game leaves!

Trashdome - History of the World VS Britannia

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18 Aug 2009 12:01 #38293 by Notahandle
LordVonTush wrote:
" I've heard a few comments here and there that History of the World plays similar to Vinci/Small World but on a larger scale/timeframe...How accurate is that?"
Sounds about as accurate as could be said for any given theme, i.e. AT is on a larger scale/timeframe compared to a Euro.
(Or are you trying to turn people off voting for HotW by implying it's a secret Euro?)

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18 Aug 2009 12:07 #38296 by VonTush
Notahandle wrote:

(Or are you trying to turn people off voting for HotW by implying it's a secret Euro?)


Nope! The reason why I ask is I do enjoy SW and if HotW is a more chromed out/epic version, then I may look a little more closely at HotW because chances are I'd enjoy it.

LvT

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18 Aug 2009 15:44 - 18 Aug 2009 15:45 #38340 by ubarose
LordVonTush wrote:

I haven't played either, but both have been on my radar to some extent. I do have a question though...I've heard a few comments here and there that History of the World plays similar to Vinci/Small World but on a larger scale/timeframe...How accurate is that?

LvT


Well, the first time I played Vinci, I described it to the Man as being History of the World with all the fun sucked out of it.

vote: History of the World
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18 Aug 2009 18:40 - 18 Aug 2009 18:43 #38382 by Notahandle
LordVonTush wrote:
" I may look a little more closely at HotW because chances are I'd enjoy it."
Well it's definitely a good game, I don't think you'd be disappointed.
If you also like Through the Ages then I'd be surprised if you didn't enjoy HotW.
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18 Aug 2009 20:14 #38392 by Tamburlaine
Both are fine games, but my vote will have to be Britannia. History of the World suffers somewhat in my book from operating in the no-man's-land between history and abstraction. In Britannia, the theme of civilizations rising and passing away is tied to a very particular place and time, and that really moors the narrative of the game for me. Britannia also gets points in my book for its asymmetry. Not many games give you the experience playing yellow in Britannia does, where you are almost unstoppable as the Romans at the beginning and must spend the rest of the game stopping the bleeding. The factions are arranged so that each player will have their moment in the sun, but this doesn't really result in the sort of rewarded mediocrity that so many Euros have familiarized. By balancing the asymmetries through time, and not victory conditions or other game mechanics, Britannia neatly ties an interesting thematic concept to an interesting gaming concept with considerable, dare I say it, elegance.

I enjoy both games quite a bit, not least because the theme (rise and fall of civilizations) is not often well represented in civilization building games, where history often only seems to go up.

VOTE: BRITANNIA

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18 Aug 2009 22:09 #38399 by DeletedUser

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19 Aug 2009 04:02 #38414 by Mad Malthus
Two games about building an empire...and then abandoning it. I can't decide which one gives me more of that hollow, detached feeling. It works well, if you are sleep-deprived, on a load of amphetamines, or are otherwise an emotionless zombie. I could just be depressed about Angola.

I guess I'll vote for Britannia.

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19 Aug 2009 08:53 #38421 by panzerattack
Britannia!

Why do people think the designer is a jerk? He seems nothing but polite from what I've seen of him on-line.

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20 Aug 2009 13:15 #38650 by SusanR
Vote: History of the World

It's almost not fair for me to vote, since I haven't played Britannia although I have read the rules. However, I love History of the World.

If anyone cares, there is a new, shorter version of HotW planned for Essen that you can preorder. I'm hoping that the shorter playing time helps me get it to the table more often.

http://ragnarbrothers.co.uk/html/brief_history_of_the_world.html

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20 Aug 2009 14:12 #38671 by ubarose
SusanR wrote:

Vote: History of the World

It's almost not fair for me to vote, since I haven't played Britannia although I have read the rules. However, I love History of the World.

If anyone cares, there is a new, shorter version of HotW planned for Essen that you can preorder. I'm hoping that the shorter playing time helps me get it to the table more often.

http://ragnarbrothers.co.uk/html/brief_history_of_the_world.html


Looks interesting, but it has the same playtime as the original.

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20 Aug 2009 15:15 #38681 by SusanR
Yeah, you're right. BGG lists the playing time on both as 180 min. But, further down on the page for Brief HotW it says 30 minutes per player. The design notes on the Ragnar Bros. page imply that the playing time and downtime have been reduced. So, I guess we'll have to wait and see. I honestly can't remember how long our games used to take but I remember it being pretty long, even with just 4 players - 3 hours or more - which makes it hard to bring out in a single evening.

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21 Aug 2009 05:19 #38737 by southernman
OK - there has been absolutely no compelling hype for either game, so my vote is ....

Cold Beer and Watching Rugby on TV instead (call this a Trashdome - TellyTubbyDome more like it !!)

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21 Aug 2009 10:04 #38743 by ChristopherMD
Brittania = 8
Columbob
Sagrilarus
Ryan B.
lj1983
Tamburlaine
Death and Taxis
Mad Malthus
panzerattack

History Of The World = 7
dave
Aarontu
generalpf
JonJacob
Michael Barnes
ubarose
SusanR


WINNER: Marvel Heroes

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21 Aug 2009 10:17 #38746 by Space Ghost
argh....missed the voting deadline by a couple of minutes.

I vote History of the World.

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21 Aug 2009 14:07 #38768 by metalface13
Mad Dog wrote:

WINNER: Marvel Heroes


Yaaayyy!!!

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