Codenames never clicked with me at all. It's our toad party game. My limited plays with photosynthesis left me feeling it was broken, please tell me I'm wrong?
Damn it, I think you may have nailed it that Century is backwards but, shhh, don't tell my family. I'm literally doing a stealth evaluation of end game but don't want to taint their enjoyment if it by being my over evaluating self.
Legomancer wrote: This whole crop: Splendor, Century, Azul, Sagrada, all feel to me like games for people who aren't particularly interested in playing games.
I wonder what it is you think that people enjoy games for. My game group, who on the whole scoffs at anything around the Catan or less complex level as "too casual", loves this game.
I think that you aren't interested in playing this crop of games. This is fine. Let other people enjoy it as what they are: Games.