First game will be this weekend!

[ATOEtalGeek]

Well, we've got three games under our belt so far. All Competitive though and all basic play. Although in the last game I did get the group to go with adding the small text on the Adventure cards and Air travel. (We could not figure out why it should be cheaper to fly to a Major City than a Minor City...?).

Next I'm working on getting Deep Jungle and Temples into play. We're taking baby steps.

The game is a hit. We've played a two-player game (my wife and myself) and two five-player games. There is lots of action, lots of rolling, lots of celebration and crying. All of the games have been very close and come down to the wire. The five-player games each took about 2 1/2 hours but we figure it will speed up as we get better. A couple of players in the group have now announced that this is their favorite of the FFP games so far - beating out ATOE and LNOE....greater control of their own destiny in the game being cited as the reason.

I can very happily claim that I do not have buyer's remorse for caughing up the sticker price. I was lucky to find the game for the price I got nowadays. Although considering the content I don't really see the driving factor that this game should cost two times what ATOE goes for. There are a comparable number of cards and figures - perhaps a little more, but I don't think it's double. The board is bigger, and the box seems bigger than it needs to be (larger than the folded board). But it is the same high quality and is definitely fun to play. There's enough "bad" event cards you can play on other players to keep you invested for the entire round and good interaction.

I'm looking forward to our next sessions!