Thanks for the review. Would love to give it a try before putting my money down on it. Just wondering how this would be compared to 'Nations'? similar or quite different?
Played a game of this a few days ago. It was fun but weird. I ended up inventing the internet, the kremlin and the porcelain tower and having an absolutely feared army... despite not having developed writing or forging technology.
I wish I wouldn't judge a game by its art but without playing it (given how it's not that popular, I don't envision playing it anytime in the near future), there's just little this game can offer other than the map building element. and even that, isn't compelling enough to consider adding it on my to-buy list.
Yes, the art is minimalistic and jarring at times (ugly red numbers on the yellow coins). Hanging gardens card - at first you can't even say it is a wonder, it looks so bland..
Smells like a bad copy of Through the Ages combined with a map puzzle. And I think the art work looks like something a child pulled of during the art lesson.
