Comments on: A Month of Odin’s Ravens

By: Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:07:04 +0000

Well, MY vote is for Thurn & Taxis, both because I really enjoy it, and because it’s available online at Yucata.de where I can play it with you!

Though T&T is another good choice for GotM because it has some variations available. The online offering just has the base game, but if you have access to the physical copies then there are a few expansions or variants if that interests you.

By: Jeff Myers

Jeff Myers — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:52:55 +0000

Okay, I agree. Do you guys have a suggestion for this month’s GotM? I was thinking maybe Thurn and Taxis or Modern Art.

By: John Snyder

John Snyder — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:30:35 +0000

Mark’s right – this doesn’t prove the idea is flawed, it proves the idea is worth the effort.

I think that the times you find out a game really has legs (like what happened with Patrician for you and Kingsburg for me) will more than make up for the times you find out a game isn’t as deep as you’d thought.

By: Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:39:45 +0000

I don’t think the idea is flawed. In fact, I think your reaction to Odin’s Ravens proves the point. Not every game really rewards that level of concentration and repeated play. To be honest, I thought that was going to happen with Patrician, yet it surprisingly turned out to have more going on than I first thought.

I’ve never played Odin’s Ravens, so I can’t comment specifically about that game. But thinking back to my own experiences with GotM’s, sometimes I was glad to move on to something else and sometimes I wish the month lasted another week. Most of the time, I appreciated the deeper exploration of the game but was ready to move on to something else.

-Mark