This board game blew my mind

[Kevin Lancaster]

This board game blew my mind

Terra Mystica, a board game which has remained in Board Game Geek’s all-time top five for years, is like nothing I have ever played before.

 

[Akasha]

I play board games for fun, not for math. Finished a Warhammer quest campaign last week which I highly recommend to anyone looking to play something a bit more difficult (and a lot of time+money). Also, who is this Shaun that helped with the calculations?

 

[entrepr]

This board game blew my mind

Terra Mystica, a board game which has remained in Board Game Geek’s all-time top five for years, is like nothing I have ever played before.

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[Akasha]

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[Swa]

Is this a lesson in advanced math? All that is need is to do the multiplication which is as follows:
2 players: 14 x 12 = 168
3 players: 14 x 12 x 10 = 1680
4 players: 14 x 12 x 10 x 8 = 13440
5 players: 14 x 12 x 10 x 8 x 6 = 80640
if I'm not mistaken. Reason being that each player as I understand it can choose either of the two factions but makes both unavailable for the next player.

 

[K3NS31]

Er, what about the actual game?

 

[Thor]

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[Insint]

Er, what about the actual game?

This, I like board games and play Settlers for Catan sometimes.

This game is probably fun but this article looks more like one of my Study books than really explaining the game. I get it, there's a lot of factions but what do I do with these factions?

What parts do you get with the game? What is the goal of the game?

 

[klipdrifter]

Err, why do I get this feeling that if one should play this you might miss the chance to pick up a girlfriend...????

 

[DarthCat]

i play board games for fun. article says nothing about how game is

 

[elvis_presley]

I play board games for fun, not for math. Finished a Warhammer quest campaign last week which I highly recommend to anyone looking to play something a bit more difficult (and a lot of time+money). Also, who is this Shaun that helped with the calculations?

You're playing it wrong. Why enjoy the game when you can calculate how many combinations you can play the supplied heroes in? For even MORE fun, throw in all the expansion heroes. OMG it'll be a HUGE number. It'll blow your mind.

 

[Yster21]

I play board games for fun, not for math. Finished a Warhammer quest campaign last week which I highly recommend to anyone looking to play something a bit more difficult (and a lot of time+money). Also, who is this Shaun that helped with the calculations?

But math = fun! Even in something as silly as Ludo, probability theory plays a strong role in determining how successful you'd be.

I'm not even sarcastic. I wish there wouldn't be such an aversion to math in society in general.

 

[Cray]

Er, what about the actual game?

+1, a lot of effort to write an article that tells us close to nothing about the actual game play.