WAR FOR EDADH review, plus MEGACORPS from Z-Man! Hot

This "fresh theme" sounds exactly like Imperial.

True, but if it's a futuristic, satirical kind of thing it's closer to a cyberpunk kind of setting. And I'm banking on it being more aggressive and AT-centric than IMPERIAL.

Barnes,

That sounds like you are being overly optimistic. Kind of like banking that the steam punk setting of PlanetSteam being aggressive and AT-centric.. It wasn't. ;)

A trashier version of imperial (rondel-free) that plays in an hour would fantastic, especially if the theme shines which it sounds like it will.

Do you really think that a game of that scope and scale, made playable in an hour, would really be something that would appeal to ATers? I don't see it happening. Either they'll ditch the "plays in an hour" thing or they'll abstract the hell out of everything to make it fit the desired playtime.

That sounds like you are being overly optimistic. Kind of like banking that the steam punk setting of PlanetSteam being aggressive and AT-centric.. It wasn't. ;)

That's true, but the promise of it being more simulationist and knowing the kinds of games that Costikyan has put out in the past gives me some hope. Of course, Tom Lehmann has a bunch of great old school games and RACE FOR THE GALAXY on his resume.

Clockwirk- that response goes with your statement too. We'll see how it goes with the hour thing. Hey, the game may turn out crap, but I'm more excited about a great old school designer doing a new game with a cool theme and a lot of potential than I am about pretty much anything else coming out any time soon.

I _like_ economic games. It's just that most of them leave out the nasty side of business.

War on Terror is euro-simple, with a short play time and "modern" card-driven elements. It's also as thematic as it is epic.

Venus Needs Men!'s rulebook and length make Power Grid look like ASL. It's themed to the hilt, though, and it has all of the "trashy" gameplay elements we're always yammering about on these boards.

As far as Costikyan goes, all I can say is "Spock in a Robin Hood hat" chit.

Thanks for the heads up on War for Edadh. It was no where close to being on my radar for 2009. I should be receiving a copy of War for Edadh in a week or two. We're planning to demo the game at Trashfest in May.

I say if they take a dash of "Imperial" and add a smidgen of "I'm the boss", then we'll have an evil ass winner.

WAR FOR EDADH is really a nice game. I haven't played it yet, but am very eager to do so. Some aspects like range and terrain a reminiscent of UP FRONT, but the games are different.

Being a war gamer, the many attributes and icons on the cards don't really confuse me much and the rule book isn't bad. I would have liked to read more "historical" commentary in the rule book though, I guess I'll have to catch up on this online. IMHO the artwork on the cards is awesome.

Personally I don't even plan to play the basic basic game, which is really too simple. I want to at least add the movement and the special rules which allow 2nd rank ranged attack troops to shoot over the heads of the 1st rank troops.

Oh yeah, I only bought the game because Michael compared it to UP FRONT and because it only cost €20.

It's definitely different from UP FRONT but there's a lot of similarity- particularly in how range and movement work as well as the general format. And the resolution is just moved from card draws directly onto the unit cards themselves.

Adding the second rank rules is kind of critical, as far as I'm concerned. Otherwise, you just have two rows of guys waiting to die. The more you add on to it, the better it gets. I'm not really sure yet where the sweet spot is before it gets too cumbersome.