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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simplicity" data-source="post: 1656286" data-attributes="member: 1496">Having played the game only twice so far, I'm no expert, but I do think there are a few good things about the game and there are a few bad things.Good design things:1) The miracles keep the game interesting.  Really interesting.  Chosing between which miracle cards to buy is agonizing...  The right card can make a big difference.2) It is possible to develop a defense against miracle cards.  Some cards prevent miracles.  Also, one of the biggest defenses is not leaving 1 guy in each of your non-border areas.  Leaving two guys is the difference betweenallowing a Trojan horse in your country or not.  It's the difference between a single miracle card wiping out the interior of your continent.  The choice between leaving 1 or 2 guys is a major one now.3) Atlantis.  While it's craptacular to lose your continent in the middle of the game when someone draws the right card, you knew that was a possibility when you decided to go for it didn't you?  It's the same as going for Asia in old Risk or Europa in Risk: Godstorm.  7 armies a turn sure is tempting...  I wonder if I can hold it?4) The underworld board.  It gives the loser something to do.  Owning crypts makes the death god a powerful, nasty dude.  One free death card a turn gets pretty annoying for your opponents real fast.5) Massing of armies is discouraged.  Why?  There's just too many miracles that can mess you up badly if you keep all of your guys in one place.Bad things:1) The underworld board.  It's too small.  It does slow down the game some.2) The god figures are the same for the different pantheons.  This is both a good and a bad.  Good in that it makes it easy to learn the game.  Bad in that, it would be nice to see the pantheons differentiated a little.3) Maelstorm marker.  It looks like a thin, easily thrown away blob.  Be careful not to throw it away!  They should provide a picture in the rules tomake sure people don't get rid of it.4) Some card combos are pretty powerful.  Too powerful.  For example, one card lets you transpose two of your opposing players armies.  So transpose the guys right into a plague.  Another lets you remove a plague marker by killing everyone in the square...  Transpose... and kill your opponents largest army.  Seems wrong somehow.I don't think the design is bad.  I think that it actually is pretty well thought out in most cases, and very, very fun to play.</blockquote>

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