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Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan
60m - 120m
2 - 4 Players
Ages 12+
candoo
Same rating as the original Marco Polo, a title which I quite like. Marco Polo 2 is a variant of the original. It makes traveling more essential as you score points for the number of different cities you have visited. The original was criticized for the ease of doing contracts for VPs and not having to travel, as it was more difficult. Now, travelling is such a must that you can no longer win without maximizing all the symbols collected from traveling. So is that anymore replayable than the original? Again, no consideration given to wildly unbalanced character powers. Potentially so unbalanced that our group may have to play without them? But it’s egregious that publishers want you to buy the game all over again. The Agents of Venice expansion had more content, yet was released as an expansion rather than a standalone game. In the Service of the Khan should have been released as an expansion. Boo to money-grabbing publisher greed.
b0ardgamer
I was perfectly happy with the original. But now….., this is possibly better. There are more aspects to think about, which is not necessarily good, but it is definitely easier to do what you want (especially move, and you *definitely* want to move in this game)
ahyangyi
One game on BGA, but leaves very good impression. Like many game that has an engine building component, the decisions are somewhat frontloaded.