The Civ game is very abstracted but has the don’t use an action to make it .ore powerful’ card queue thing that everyone loves in Ark Nova.
I like Imhotep a lot.
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It’s not really my style of game but it does the thing it does very well. And it’s easy to learn.
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My favourites from your list are Imhotep (Phil Walker-Harding is just a fantastic designer), Kemet (one of the best Wargames For Non-Wargamers ever made… I like Inis a tiny bit more and Cyclades a tiny bit less, but they’re all really good), and 1775 (which, admittedly, I haven’t played… but I love most of the Academy games I have played, so I would be surprised if it isn’t a neat asymmetric wargame with great combat and card mechanics).
I have heard good things about Iki and So You’ve Been Eaten (gosh I love Moriya’s art… just beautiful stuff), but didn’t like the new Civ too much (not bad, but too light? A weird complaint, but I only played it once so maybe it will hold up with a second playthrough?).
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The critical factor that has so far prevented us from playing Imhotep is that it is half in German…
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I can provide translation… probably.
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Some phone cameras/apps provide live translations in addition to Yashimi’s offer
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BGG has both the English rules and card translations (though I can’t vouch for the quality).
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It’s also on BGA to learn it
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My partner helped me rearrange some things in my home office and we found a place for me to have a permanent gaming table.
I can set up a game and leave it setup… and… and… I’m not sure what to do with my new-found freedom.
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Campaign for North Africa?
Ooh! Ooh! Mega Civilization! That one I’ve actually played, although I don’t think we finished it either. Had to rent a hotel boardroom for that one.
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Well, I mean… we found some space. But for a 3’x5’ table (which is still a lot of space for just one person’s somewhat selfish hobby of solo boardgaming)
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The queen is dead. Long live the king.
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Does that mean we get new stamps soon?
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New cash as well.
Also, interesting from a British pov on how we will view history from the end of WW2 to Covid/Ukraine/Economic crisis as the Elizabethan Era. Historians tend to like landmarks to indicate the start and end of things.
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When I was born there were women in charge of everything, Queen, Prime Minister, Astronauts all bossing it.
I don’t know if it will ever happen again.
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Except there is already an Elizabethan Era, and it is not forgotten or unimportant. I’ve wondered about this in the past, and not found an answer.
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New Elizabethan?
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Good point. It is 2nd.
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I think that was mentioned a few times in the 1950s, but fell out of use.
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The 2nd Elizabethan era
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