This is my first Knizia game and I’m impressed! I agree with everything expressed in this video. The ying yang of building routes/scoring on the board vs running up each track is challenging - but fun if you like “crunchy” games. Also unlike, the multiplayer solitaire games out there, Cascadero has a great deal of player interaction as you have to keep an eye on other players and what routes they’re building or suffer the consequences. Our group (2-3-4 players) enjoy it at all player counts. But, you can see the end coming quickly if there is a runaway leader and there is no final scoring. So when someone crosses the 50 pt finish line. It’s done. Our group has been toying with the idea of a house rule that gives everyone else one more turn. Wish there were some end game point scoring opportunities. Probably the euro gamer in me. For 15 minutes per person (very accurate), it is a great quick game that has a lot of depth despite its speed.
Hmmm, Through the Desert is among Knizia's top 3. It is so pure and genius. Don't work well with odd numbers though. That is true. I have backed Cascadero, not recieved it yet.
Based on their last update it sounds like either you should have gotten it already, or possibly anytime now. You might want to doublecheck with them that your pledge manager was filled out and they have your info.
I really like Blue Lagoon, Y&Y and Babylonia. Just played Through the Desert and thought i would like it more than Blue Lagoon but didn't, and it was because of the ending. It feels like in Blue Lagoon there is always more to do, but Through the desert kinda ran out of things to do and we still had more camels. But, it was just two players, so who knows. Cascadero kinda bugs me because it's not like the rest of those, it has tracks on the side, which is not like the others. I like just the board with hexes and the game is all pure tile laying. Haven't played it though.
Knizia is by far my favorite designer and I have a lot of games designed by him. Through the Desert is easily my favorite Knizia game along with Samurai, and I played like 40 different Knizia games. Blue Lagoon was very boring for me and I sold it. With that said, Cascadero looks good but the fact you compared it to Blue Lagoon makes me uninterested.
The reason for comparing it to Blue Lagoon was the same reason as Through the Desert (route building) If you Through the desert is your favorite Knizia, definitely don't skip this one.The publisher mentioned "Imagine Through the Desert’s tile placement mixed with Mille Fiori’s combos and a sprinkling of Babylonia’s concepts, and you’re not too far off."
@@TheGameBoyGeeks I think the reason i dislike Blue Lagoon is the more "point salad" feel with different scores for each stuff and I always forget what points each item gives, then there is 2 "eras" and the concept is cool but in practice I didn't enjoy it. Also think that placing only one pieace in a Knizia route building makes me feel like the game is slower and has less options to do in the same turn (Babylonia you put multiple pieces in the same turn and you have different pieces to consider, the same goes for Through the Desert that has different camel colors). Maybe Cascadero will give me a different feel, I am going to try once I find someone who has it.
