Terraforming Marsh.

I understand every criticism Tom states. This game is not for everyone. But it sings to me. Easily my favorite game of 2020. Great game.

The look of the board sold me. So beautiful!

I love how you are rewarded to connect the villages with roads or build villages on connected roads for extra points. Really love the simple papyrus art and how a natural big city is forming up during play.

"Wow, I wanna' play this" was my first reaction when I saw the board and the cards - to each their own, I guess.

I haven't played Faiyum yet, but I've watched a fair number of videos. I think the similarity of the actions is part of the game's strength. First of all, you can tell what cards do from the symbology. You see the L piece, it shows where you put it, what you pay, and what you get. You don't need to know exactly what it is called in general or look up the proper paragraph in the rulebook. Putting things on the map is interesting because no one owns them. The two main mechanics are the reverse-Concordia hand management and the neutral map pieces, in which. most of your actions create opportunities for opponents. I like that you are possibly punished for buying too many cards, so you really do have to manage your hand carefully. I think there will be interesting aspects to positional play as we play the game more and more. People might be talking about this in years as one of the first "retro graphics" boardgames, like the earliest pixel art throwback videogames! It seems to be very intentionally dated and ugly. I've started to find it charming by now.

the artwork is what first drew me to the game

“This card lets me sacrifice crocodiles, Fantastic!” -Tom Vassel.

This game is a hidden gem!

Daiyum! This is a faiyun gaiyum!

I think several video reviewers have said that this game doesn't look very good, but to me, once I saw this game, I wanted to play it. It is exactly what I like in a game. A historical-like game with wooden pieces on a board that is fairly straightforward without a lot of extra jazz, and an interesting card system, too! I will have to wait until this game drops in price before I can afford to pick it up, but it really looks nice to my eyes and it sounds very, very interesting. I am glad that Tom gave his honest opinions on it, and I am also happy that he said it is a fun game to play. That is what I am interested in. A fun game. Thanks, Tom!

Am I to understand that a Crocodile is worth One Money? Im quitting my day job!

I like the graphics. Many people are groggy with excesses these days, which make gameplay difficult

I think the board is EXTREMELY elegant, and refreshing in an era of overproduction and unnecessary miniatures!

Concrocodilia

The artwork is thematic and functional. No complaints from me.

Looks interesting.

I played it once and it reminded me of Concordia, but with more variable cards and nobody actually “owns” anything on the board. I liked it fine, but the game arc is a little weird since nobody is building up toward anything specifically end game wise. Why would I build up for this super awesome move if someone else ends up with the card that can actually execute said move? I really wish the pieces were player specific so I could build up my empire in a specific way because I really did love the variety in the cards!

What's wrong with old school and 90s design? I love the board. It's so bright and welcoming! Retro in board game design is sometimes cool.

I have yet to play Power Grid.

It's just a more complicated "Finished!"?

Kingdomino uses that Power Grid market mechanism.

Game looks like it's out of 1980.

The art looks like it’s prototype. Just look at the outline of the map, it looks like someone drew it with graphite pencil and then coloured it in with crayon. Reminds me of Splotters games and Heaven & Ale. I wish cool euro games would actually get decent art.

It's not green?!!!

Tom should have worn something green

Amish goes Al Capone!

I really dislike the look of the game. Very bland. I’ll play it if someone else owns it, but I won’t pick this up for myself despite the interesting gameplay.

Looks like Century: Catan edition with unnecessary complex rules. It does intrigue me though, I think this could be a game I would enjoy.

This game looks "basic" but there is still lots of planning to be taking into consideration. One thing about this game that sticks out is this game supports up to 5 players instead of the typical 4 player limit. While looking at it, it's not too interesting. Playing is another story, where that is all the fun is!

The overview didn't give a good idea how the card play works. Did Tom even say that every player has their own personal discard pile?

This looks like one of those games that should have a badly-drawn, dour-faced guy on the cover.

Well that was...odd

It's so ugly and the graphic design is so dated. It's also my favourite thing that I've played in 2021 so far. Despite its plain looks, there's a really fun, elegant game here that I just really enjoy. There's a kind of simplicity in its flow that works well for me. I also find it surprisingly interactive - no one owns anything on the board, so every move you make might be helping someone else set up something they want to do. The market is super clever, love the way it works.

Tom has pissed off the eurogamers by saying that the boring ugly board is ugly and boring. Now, they must defend the game as if it were their child, saying "Nay to you sir, that board is the epitome of elegance says I" People, it's ok to like ugly and boring. There is no need to get defensive

The look of the game is so bland... looks like it came out 30 years ago. Makes me not very interested to play it at first sight, even though gameplay might be interesting.

the gameplay is really good - but the game is really ugly and the package ist way to big for such a smooth easy game without a fuckin inlay :O

My god, that board art looks 40 years old. And the card art is hideous. Bizarre in this day and age where so many big companies have great art