The 2 piles of cards were made so you have a 2nd option in case you need to draw a card and you know the first card of a certain pile is bad (during the game you can see cards and place them back).
The top scheme action doesn't necessarily make you the first player for the next round, it lets you *select* who the first player will be. Given the way the strategy phase works, going first is not always optimal.
In these days.. This is really a hot topic. Well guess what, I could find a KS deluxe edition, I'm going to play it soon (i hope). Hoping meanwhile someone can stop that War in Ukraine.
Yeah so far I’ve played the solo mode on this and it felt a little bit like a puzzle on that auction board. That’s probably my favorite part of it so far. Metal coins for our copy doesn’t hurt either. Great review Tom.
I just saw on BGG forum that not only is the KS edition $90, it will also retail for $90. Nothing I see in this video helps me make any kind of sense of that. Even sixty dollars seemed a stretch, I mean sure, there's minis, but Risk Europe has minis much like these and it sells for like forty bucks or less. I'm kind of pissed tbh because it actually looks like a game I'd love to have.
It looked more exciting during the surprise unboxing. Yeah, not a whole lot of theme and mechanisms do feel a bit clunky. Well, the meeple sliding action selection is neat. But no a fan of scoring when you get points for the most areas you had at some point. Quickly spread, then lose everything, but still get points.
Strange that the game is called "Rurik: Dawn of Kiev". Kiev was founded by Kiy and his brothers and sister (or so the legend goes), Rurik wasn't around for 4 more centuries #themoreyouknow
