Recent reviews by ContraptionDay

I've played a lot of 4X and this is by far the game that does mid and late game the best with the tug of war at play with competing factions. Each game is also relatively short which makes it perfect for replayability.

I can't recommend this game for its gameplay as it appears unbalanced to me due to the fact that my agents get heat on them too often > requiring they go into hiding (costing me money) > requiring me to replenish more funds to prepare for going into hiding the future > detracting from accomplishing my goals because I have to divert attention to donations tasks (and hiding tasks) which takes it away from pursuing criteria to accomplish the unique objectives during each chapter. There's no method available to rapidly pursue unique objectives because the prerequisite tasks and criteria will require you to rely on a jack of all trades team and the fact that everyone won't be available at a moment's notice means you have delays, and then the fact that everyone gets too much heat on them after riskier tasks means you have to go into hiding for a week causing even more delays. This game started to feel like a grind from the second chapter but since I got a feeling that there were only a couple more chapters after I held still held on instead of dropping the game.

I can only recommend this game for the story telling which puts you in the lens of Germans that lived in Berlin that opposed Nazis and what their experiences were like, which is never a perspective I had thought of until now.

I can fly planes

Nothing better than the feeling of making my own story in space.

Fun and simple puzzles

Es good!

Make the world look like Detroit, the Bay Area, DC, or just about any stroad hell you can think of.

I'm a big fan of the Terraforming Mars board game (and videogame) and have always wanted to delve further into managing the terraforming of mars directly. This game definitely scratched that itch and allowed me to really connect with each settlement and region as I shaped my vision.

God*, guns, and glory

*Guns,
mOre guns,
anD glory

Relaxing