Dawn of Ulos (Kickstarter – Deity – GAME + TILES + METAL TOKENS Pledge)

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 5 out of 10

   carter58

   Played this at Pax. 3 Person game with myself, my 12yo and another game designer playing. We played a full game and all three of us at the end went "I dont understand what I was doing, what happened or why anyone won" We got the mechanics and the rules pretty easily, but we just didnt get it. Just didnt see the strategy or why to do certain actions. This is a betting and bluffing game where you put down tiles and different civilizations. No one owns the civilizations but you are leading them into conflict and betting on who wins. The game itself looks gorgeous and the components were very nice. Great table presentation. I really wanted to like this game, but it just fell flat.

2. 7 out of 10

   cjfm27

   A nice reimagining of Acquire. I love acquire. This one had a little too much randomness for me (in that either "company" could be absorbed by the other) but it was a nice streamlined version with some neat bonus effects. Would play again.

3. 7 out of 10

   jcoopersd

   Have only played one game on TTS, but I enjoyed this game. Feels a lot like Stephenson's Rocket and a little like Yellow and Yangtze (haven't had the chance to play Acquire yet) - but it lacks some of the tension and interesting decisions in those games. I'd buy this if it weren't for the concept already having been done better and without the meh fantasy theme.