thread: 2006-07-27 : 10 Observations from my Berlin trip
On 2006-08-01, Settembrini wrote:
@Valamir: There is a reason that snakes & ladders and monopoly isn??t fun over the age of ten. If you are fine with snakes & ladders, you are free to play it with my blessing.
The moment somebody actually notices that a leasuire activity doesnt let you participate in a meaningful way, you drop it. Some people never notice that. I??m a smartie, so I figured that out quickly.
@Vincent: Sure, the card mechanic sometimes lets you make interesting group based decisions. But they only crop up due to chance. You could as well play with an empty bottle, spinning it, and let the guy decide whom the bottle is pointing at. Introduce the rule that one other guy has to back up serious changes and there you go. If that??s fine for you, so be it.
@meaningful: Value is a direct function of scarcity. If ressources are allocated totally randomly, there is no way to anticipate scarcity or affluence. Without any anticipitation for scarcity there can be no rational action. It`s nihilism.
If that??s Spiones goal: Mission accomplished.
I`m not saying Spione is broken or bad, just because the first session didn??t rock. I`m saying: Think about if you really want a nihilistic game. If the answer is yes, then go ahead and enjoy yourselves.
I hope my point is clear, I`ll answer specific questions, but will not pursue this more. It??s just my two cents, make out of that what you want.
BTW, I found the game concepts fairly easy to grasp.
