Re: Re: 2018 Meeple Choice Awards - Final Results

Sure.  But there's such a thing as taking a theme *too* far, Mark.  It just
makes for a very drab board.  I'm sure a clever graphic artist could have
come up with something more colorful and still maintain the blackout theme.

And while it isn't that important to *me*, I've heard quite a few players
express disappointment that the game reflects absolutely nothing of Hong
Kong (including the map!).

Still a great game.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 6:52 PM Mark Jackson [email protected]
[spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:

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> While I don’t love the art on B:HK... I do want to defend the board. It’s
> black because no light/power aka blackout. ;-)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 1, 2019, at 1:01 PM, Larry Levy [email protected] [spielfrieks]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I had other issues with the physical production of B:HK, including the
> drab, non-thematic artwork and the strange decision to have a central
> display for resource ownership (instead of one on each player mat)...  But
> none of these things makes the game harder to play, so they don't detract
> from how much we love it.
>
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 3:57 AM Simon Neale ukgamersi-/[email protected]
> [spielfrieks] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>
>> Larry, I take your point about Quacks. Personally I can cope with a
>> little pinch of randomness in my games. Drawing a fist load of poison to
>> snatch defeat from the jaws of victory can be somewhat hard to stomach but
>> I just laugh it off. It reminds me a bit of Thebes where no matter how many
>> digs you do, you can still wind up with handfuls of sand!
>>
>> I also really like Blackout but the iconography lets it down. Trying to
>> see what is in the tiny tiles even if you’re sitting right in front of them
>> is frustrating. It amazes me how a publisher such as Eggert can get the
>> graphics so dreadfully wrong.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Simon.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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