https://www.boardgamequest.com/dune-a-game-of-conquest-and-diplomacy-review/ Board Game Reviews, News and More Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:12:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.boardgamequest.com/dune-a-game-of-conquest-and-diplomacy-review/#comment-85063 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:12:55 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=46923#comment-85063 I am surprised that the game is compared.to the 70s Version instead of looking at the 2019 version, which already Made the Game More accessible, without losing the interesting parts. It is capped at ten rounds which are rarely reached. 120 min is the usual time to Play (for advanced Players).
To me this new edition wants to bei sold well to the audience Of the movie and repurposes an old Game Design.
Not having played the new title, I cant judge about the funfactor, but missing out key game elements like the auction for hidden cards (and only atreides knows whats in it) ist a sign that in particular the “diplomacy” part of the game title might be…well…only in the title.

]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/dune-a-game-of-conquest-and-diplomacy-review/#comment-85062 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:51:32 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=46923#comment-85062 I agree completely and would go a step farther to say this version is just a little too light to make it into a lot of rotations beyond being a filler. This game is good if you simply don’t have time or player count to play the main game. It also works if you want to introduce new players to the game mechanics in hopes of seducing them to play the original. But in almost every session we played, the game ends too soon and many of the victories were very hollow. You definitely run into that classic Risk problem of last-turn victory rushes.

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