Re: [REVIEW] Dave's TF Artifact Rant: Board Game

Dave Van Domelen wrote...

> This game is based on the Star Wars Duels game that
> came out a few years back

Star Wars Epic Duels came out last year, 2002, hardly a few years back.

> Okay, this is why I got the game, and why many of you out there are
> thinking about it.  In general, they're better molds than the Bubble Twist
> decoys, with decent but not great paint jobs.

That's like comparing the G1 decoys to the Heroes of Cybertron line, hardly
a fair comparison I'd say.

> My main complaint about the game as presented is that it encourages what
> we call Turtling in gaming circles.  In other words, the best tactic is so
> sit back for several turns and gather strength before venturing out from
> behind cover.

It's this method that allowed my wife to stomp my butt three games out of
four. Th eonly board game I can beat her at anymore is Star Wars Trivial
Pursuit.

> Overall, it plays pretty quickly, as long as you discourage turtling.

It plays pretty quickly even if you don't discourage "turtling". I don't
think this game was designed to play four hours without going through
several "rounds" of combat.