jmucchiello
Hero
Yes, it's a real-time strategy computer game adapted to board play. The pieces are nice to look at.Maerdwyn said:1) Age of Mythology - Actually, this one isn't old, and it's for 2-4 players - but it's still about 3-4 hours, rather than the 1.5 for Carc or Settlers. It came out last year or the year before and is the easily best game that Eagle Games has put out. All of their games have beautiful pieces, but Age of Mythology is, in fact, an excellent game based on the MS computer game of the same name. Very nice balance of resource management and combat. You can check out Eagles other games (Sid Meier's Civilization, American Civil War, etc.) for more *fantastic* bits, but the games themselves aren't as good, IMHO.
Kinda boring to look at. This game is all immersion. It is 1901 and you are the leader of one of 7 powers of Europe. Your goal is to conquer Europe. There is nothing random in this game. It is pure negotiation and strategy. Play it only with extremely close friends or people you will never see again. It really only plays well with 7 people (on the default board). The best information about Dip is found at The Diplomatic Pouch.2) The new Hasbro edition of Diplomacy is very pretty, and seems like it would be great for you guys if you can come up with the players (5-7. 7 is easily best). There is absolutely no luck involved, and the negotiation leads to great immersiveness. 4+ hours.