Cryo

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 9 out of 10

   cardiner

   This game is really good. It is a worker placement with cool mechanic when returning your workers you get to do stuff as well. Another cool concept are cards that are multi action cards, each card have 4 actions it can do and you can only do one of them. Very tight, cutthroat, very well balanced and every decision matters, scales very well with all player counts. Production is stunning and very high quality. There is almost nothing that I dont like about this game. For experienced gamer it is a joy playing it and it provides good strategy options and tactical turns that are very satisfying when you pull them off. My only negative currently is that you need to play with same people who knows it, because game is quite reliant of cards and knowing resource values at specific times in the game. So if you are new and playing with someone who have played the game multiple times and knows how resources work, as a noob you will get crashed completely, basically not because you wont understand what to do, but you will learn regarding resource values at the every late stage of game when it is already too late, so even if it is quite easy to learn the game, you definitely need to play it once or twice to understand what resources is used for what and at what times they are most valuable during game stages. One thing that can solve above problem, play few test rounds with people and than reset the game. This helped a great deal, because thous early few choices really do matter in long run, and players making a mistake early can pretty much determine the game quite early as well

2. 8 out of 10

   hulloworld

   I thought this game was very neat. Frankly, I’m a little surprised it hasn’t picked up more steam in the community. I haven’t played another game that features some of the mechanics in this game. It turns typical worker placement game economics on their head by allowing you to define values to each of the three non-wild resources through your player-specific platform. That made for an interesting puzzle that was unique to me and to the specific game we were playing. This one seems very repayable given its randomized setup and the way it uses the player platforms. I also think it’s a gorgeous game. All components seem high quality. The end of the game did sneak up on me, but I wouldn’t say it was too short. I think the game is simply complex enough that I lost sight of the forest through the trees. And I was only short of the ideal execution of my engine by one resource, so I definitely made a mistake somewhere that I could improve next time. I could see this game being frustrating for folks who like to master games. I’ve only played once, but I suspect the amount of variability from game to game would make devising a reliable strategy difficult. It was a little tough to teach to my fiancé, but when we started playing it clicked. I thought the rule book was pretty good and usable. Excited to play again!

3. 2 out of 10

   harada66

   I tried the solo play only. Boring, slow and without a real range of choices despite some interesting mechanics.