I actually played this game with Tom Vasel when I was stationed in Uijeongbu, South Korea. It is GREAT fun!

I've played this game, and Tom's review is spot on. One thing I would have emphasized is how there is no downtime. You are never waiting for your turn to come up. This makes the flow the game feel very fast. It's also good for players wanting a social game not requiring a large amount of concentration on the goings on of the game. I'd also note how accessible this game is for non-gamers (and all ages) Last, I think I'd prefer this game with 4-players.

At first, thanks for your video. I don't know very much about SJ-Boardgames - except Munchkin which I love - but in Roleplaying Steve Jackson is my absolutely No. 1. I'm a player since 1984 and I played dozens of Roleplaying Games. From the old D&D to AD&D, from the Basic Roleplaying (Runequest, Stormbringer, CoC) to French or German Games, from Fantasy to SF, Horror, Cyberpunk - but nothing was quite like GURPS. So, SJ is in my opinion one of the greatest Designer of (Roleplaying!!!-) Games.

picked this up for £10 what a steal very happy with the game :)

Thank you SO much for this review. As a great Munchkin fan (we had a discussion about that under your Munchkin Booty review), I'm following SJ games and knew about this game, but had no idea how you actually play it. By the way, I don't know about the other SJ games, but Munchkin has a high quality. Great art work, funny jokes, good lay out of the cards. They might only be too expensive (especially the newest additions)... The German Illuminati version also has good components.

Nice review thanks. Came back to check the rules.

Thnx, Tom, this, and Steve Jackson are back on my radar, since the masterpiece Ogre. Illuminati was good, also, but Fluxx killed me. I'm SO HAPPY to see that he MAY be back... Thnx Tom Vasel, but, more importantly: Steve Jackson!

Wow. I was not aware of this game. I am very impressed with the physical components. Even though I have been a fan of Jackson's designs since the early days of Metagaming - you are correct in stating that "physical quality" was never their strong suit. His "One Page Bulge" is a very nice WWII historical game - for the $3.95 cover price. Ogre/GEV are classics - though that franchise has been the victim of outrageous overkill over the years. I will have to get *this* game, however.

I liked your enthusiasm in this

Sharp looking tie Tom!

perhaps the reason he made a game you finally like is BECAUSE of all of your critism... could be anyway... very possible that Tom Vassel is a partially responsible for this games quality. also, loved the $20/gun to your head analogy. So true. I might very well pick this one up. I like the simplicity

The first time in my life that I see a video with 11000 view or more, and no thumb down... Anyway, as always, thank you for your review.

I also passed over this at first because Steve Jackson hadn't put out a good game in years. I remain a Huge Illuminati and Ogre fan, and still like Classic Car Wars. One play and I was hooked though. Wow, I thought SJ was just putting out Munchkin crap now.

Have you never heard of Munchkin? or Chez Geek? You've been living under a rock if you haven't played a good Steve Jackson game.

I didnt like the "blind bidding" of Citadels, for it sounded fun, but in reality not really. This one sounds fun too. And the components are great :)) Would love to try it out.

Excellent review! This game went from 'meh, not interested' to top of my want list. Looks like a lot of fun.

I played this at a convention recently - IMO it's paper-rock-scissors with some bits added on and gets old REALLY fast. Plus the game dragged on *forever* towards the end once the options available narrowed and the ones that were left were pointless, so everybody just kept spinning wheels. There are some SJ games that I like, this is certainly not one of them.

I love this game.

Blind bidding is like bidding for the Ninja in Samurai Swords.

To sweeten this game up just a tad, use the gold coins from Dominion Seaside !!

@ptdnet Kind of ironic as GURPS is one of the highest quality RPS games out there.

I'm VERY far from a board game snob, but I have to agree. Munchkin is a little bit of silly fun for the first 30 minutes or so, that's about it.

@ERK1138 That's like saying that Scrabble can't be called a good game because it's a niche game for people that know how to read and write.

Actually, Revolution is pretty much analysis paralysis proof. All you're concerned with is what some other player is doing this turn, which is hidden - you *can't* analyse it. I've seen AP-prone players - people who *cripple* other games - and they zip through Revolution turns in no time. I guess someone might dither over guessing what everyone else ought to do, but the others could then just play a couple of wacky-but-quite- effective turns and mess with their heads and their strategies.

@Toddgpoole - The difference is I'm not saying the reason Munchkin is not a good game "because" it's a niche game. I'm saying that it's simply not a good game and is overrated by the niche that it appeals to. A game can be niche and be great. Also, thankfully, people that know how to read and write would not qualify as a niche.

my only gripe is that the characters don't have any art... it's just text.

@Toddgpoole One can hardly call Munchkin a "good" game. It's a niche game that tickles the funnybone of D&D fans. Note: I'm not saying it's a bad game.

Umm, Fluxx is nothing to do with Steve Jackson Games.

This game seems like it would be very Analysis Paralysis-prone. Since AP tends to be an issue in my group, I think I'll pass on this one. Nice review, though.

omg that's old

Its not AP proof, if you are good... Sure your opponent can make less good choices and "cheat you" and in the process end second. Great fun game. but its NOT casual :p