# Hamlet - A Game About Landscapes and the People Who Love Them **URL:** \ **Category:** Shut Up and Sit Down\ **Created:** [25 May 2023 21:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846 "2023-05-25T21:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robot\_Maria](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/robot_maria/32/7849_2.png) [@Robot\_Maria](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Robot_Maria)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 21:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/1 "2023-05-25T21:37:04Z")
[![](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/3X/b/1/b174f1041b7ea17cd6bcde8089886445710a4911.jpeg "Hamlet - A Game About Landscapes and the People Who Love Them") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYTdWFpz5Kg) 2023-05-25T20:36:17Z ---
**Author:** ![COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/comaestro/32/1030_2.png) [@COMaestro](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/COMaestro)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2023 21:40 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/2 "2023-05-25T21:40:04Z")
This appears to be a trial for a new feature on SU&SD, “Ava Thinks Too Much About:”. So it’s not a review, but more of a game adjacent introspective. But, you may not know that without reading the main page, so I thought I’d share it. ---
**Author:** ![Simfers](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/simfers/32/9899_2.png) [@Simfers](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Simfers)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 00:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/3 "2023-05-26T00:45:36Z")
An interesting little feature, this. I enjoyed it. The game looks cool as well. ---
**Author:** ![SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/steveb_uk/32/26030_2.png) [@SteveB\_uk](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/SteveB_uk)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 09:13 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/4 "2023-05-26T09:13:18Z")
“There’s hints of **Roads and Boats** here” Forum klaxon! I like this shorter-form thoughtful review format a lot, and Ava is great as usual. ---
**Author:** ![lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/lalunaverde/32/28591_2.png) [@lalunaverde](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/lalunaverde)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 09:45 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/5 "2023-05-26T09:45:40Z")
I like this. It’s not a review, probably better because it’s not. Told me enough to decide if I want to give it a go or not. I’ll be grabbing a copy at the UKGE. Also, glad when Ava mentioned “perverse incentives”. That often bugs me in board games, but often let it slide because board games are merely abstractions. ---
**Author:** ![mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mistercrayon](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/mistercrayon)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 10:52 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/6 "2023-05-26T10:52:27Z")
It’s good to get a different type of perspective on the game. As a game the game seems almost universally a disappointment from reviewers but that might be because we have purely bland metrics for determining what is good or worthwhile. As Ava said most games don’t have an awkwardness in their geography in a way that might reflect a normal place, it’s not pure efficiency but there is likely value for someone in that. Having said that I wonder if there is something nice about knowing this thing exists and does this thing but still also I don’t want to pay 50 pounds for this to feel what it does. It’s almost like a reviewers only game. If we had the economy in boardgames of DVDs/streaming it’d be far more cool I thin. ---
**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 11:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/7 "2023-05-26T11:14:15Z")
My feeling after having watched this is that I’m still not really interested in the gameplay, but I’d like to explore the irregular-shape-construction part of the settlement-building game space a bit more. ---
**Author:** ![KIR2](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/kir2/32/1391_2.png) [@KIR2](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/KIR2)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 12:16 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/8 "2023-05-26T12:16:12Z")
Thought I was going to bounce hard off this video after the verbosely saccharine intro, but it ended up being really pleasant. Perfect length and didn’t go too far down that “games as abstractions” rabbit hole. The ideas within the game look interesting, but altogether it does appear a little bland. Would definitely give it a shot though ---
**Author:** ![Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/phil/32/1508_2.png) [@Phil](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Phil)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 12:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/9 "2023-05-26T12:53:22Z")
What a lovely video and perspective on the game; I really enjoyed that. ---
**Author:** ![MarkSP](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marksp/32/3915_2.png) [@MarkSP](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/MarkSP)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 13:14 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/10 "2023-05-26T13:14:46Z")
It is no roads and boats. I disliked this game so much I just played to lose it quickly and will never play it again. Not that other people won’t like it, but it’s no roads and boats. Doesn’t bring that to mind at all. ---
**Author:** ![MarkSP](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/marksp/32/3915_2.png) [@MarkSP](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/MarkSP)\ **Post date:** [26 May 2023 13:15 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/hamlet-a-game-about-landscapes-and-the-people-who-love-them/4846/11 "2023-05-26T13:15:20Z")
They gave me a whole new respect for hexes.