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Pax Pamir: Second Edition (Kickstarter)

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  1. 8.5 out of 10

    Components are top quality and the feel of this game is different from anything I've tried so far. Not a game for everyone but I love it! Update: way better at 3 players than 2 players!

  2. 6 out of 10

    I find the design and theme intriguing, but after one play this is solidly in the want to like more than I actually like category. Could go up with more plays.

  3. 9 out of 10

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Micro Review:[/b] Pax Pamir is a 'political intrigue' hybrid euro-wargame about Afghan tribes that seek to play 'The Great Game' to their advantage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Players: :meeple::meeple::meeple: to :meeple::meeple::meeple::meeple: [i]Competitive Heavy Area Control[/i] Interesting decisions but restrictive. [c]Theme: [/c]:star::star::star::star::nostar: [c]Skill: [/c]:star::star::star::star::nostar: [c]Replay: [/c]:star::star::star::star::nostar: [c]Fun: [/c]:star::star::star::star::nostar: [c]Sim: [/c]:star::star::star::star::star: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]Why I love it?[/b] -Gorgeous components. -Fun game to play. -Very interactive: decisions have ramifications that impact others directly or indirectly, with a nearly closed economy. -Thematic: the player feels the need to ride the waves of political (cards/cylinders) and military (blocks) change. -Elegant game with simple rules (the multiplayer rules) and interesting decisions. [b]Why it may not be for you?[/b] -Badly photoshopped art in cards. -Looks like an area control wargame, but plays more like a political simulation in which there happen to be military units which can seldomly be used for combat. -Restricted actions: while there is little movement, you are limited to where you put your pieces, which in turn limits the scope of battles/betrays and taxes/bribes. The market allows you or does not allow you to make a specific play. -Build action is underpowered. -Best when all players are similarly strong and understanding of the implication of their moves. Bad players will be left behind and may ruin the game as they can serve plays in a silver platter. -In some games, a player can hoard coins. While a valid strategy in some cases, it slows down the game and makes other players have way less options. -The game can be reduced to: "have the most influence or cylinders than other players". [b]Player Scaling:[/b] Best at 3p. Player count specific disadvantages: -(1p) Bot has lots of rules and, for some, needs extra unofficial rules to be more of a challenge. -(1-2p) Shifting alliances impacting players is lost. -(1-3p) Combat is less common. -(3-5p) Kingmaking: no mechanisms to counter this, as it is in Root. This one goes above with 'Kingpaving': bad moves by any player can give another a big advantage. Cards feel predetermined in the market. -(4-5p) Little control over the market. Reduced strategic play as the market and game state fluctuate more wildly between turns. If a player is too strong but it is away from you in sitting order then you can't attack their cards with spies easily. [b]Alternatives:[/b] -At 2-3p, it is like Ankh: both very deterministic area control games and euro-wargame hybrids. You can math out moves, especially towards the endgame. Both are more strategic at lower player counts and then become more tactical instead as player count increases. -The Expanse Board Game. -COIN games, like Fire in the Lake, with their semi-randomized victory checks.

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In Pax Pamir, players assume the role of nineteenth century Afghan leaders attempting to forge a new state after the collapse of the Durrani Empire. Western histories often call this period "The Great Game" because of the role played by the Europeans who attempted to use central Asia as a theater for their own rivalries. In this game, those empires are viewed strictly from the perspective of the Afghans who sought to manipulate the interloping ferengi (foreigners) for their own purposes.

In terms of game play, Pax Pamir is a pretty straightforward tableau builder. Players spend most of their turns purchasing cards from a central market, then playing those cards in front of them in a single row called a court. Playing cards adds units to the game’s map and grants access to additional actions that can be taken to disrupt other players and influence the course of the game. That last point is worth emphasizing. Though everyone is building their own row of cards, the game offers many ways for players to interfere with each other directly and indirectly.

To survive, players will organize into coalitions. Throughout the game, the dominance of the different coalitions will be evaluated by the players when a special card, called a "Dominance Check", is resolved. If a single coalition has a commanding lead during one of these checks, those players loyal to that coalition will receive victory points based on their influence in their coalition. However, if Afghanistan remains fragmented during one of these checks, players instead will receive victory points based on their personal power base.

After each Dominance Check, victory is checked and the game will be partially reset, offering players a fresh attempt to realize their ambitions. The game ends when a single player is able to achieve a lead of four or more victory points or after the fourth and final Dominance Check is resolved.

Ages

13+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players
Play Time

45m – 120m
Designer

Cole Wehrle
Mechanics

Action Points, Area Majority / Influence, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Open Drafting, Score-and-Reset Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Area Movement, Hand Management, Simulation
Theme

Economic, Educational, Negotiation, Political, Post-Napoleonic, Spies/Secret Agents
Publisher

2Tomatoes Games, Crowd Games, Giochix.it, Spielworxx, Wehrlegig Games, YOKA Games, テンデイズゲームズ(TendaysGames), Fox in the Box, Galakta, Galápagos Jogos, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd.
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