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Watergate - A Five Second Board Game Review
09 Aug 2019 13:22 #300620
by MasonSokol
I’m going to be honest, I don’t really get this genre much either but this one extremely elevates it, don’t tell Michael but my real rating is a 4.5
The board combined with the pictures actually keeps context going throughout the game. If I lock down Alex Butterfield, Im deprived of one of my high action point values AND if I did it as nixon now the Post player will ignore that side of the board or if the Post locks him down now Nixon has to pay attention to that side of the board. Everything butterflies through the game in ways that similar entries into the genre don’t achieve.
This is in stark contrast to something like Fort Sumter or 13 minutes where you just feel like you are playing a limp game of tug of war where the impact of previous turns is that the seesaw is a little skewed to start the round.
Replied by MasonSokol on topic Watergate - A Five Second Board Game Review
Gary Sax wrote: I don't get this genre. I mean, I get the motivation, but I am a firm believer that at least some of the tension in a longer game is generated by your events in the early game unfolding later in the game.
The thing I do get about the other entries in this genre are trying to tone down the card knowledge factor a bit. Card knowledge is such a big deal in TS it's almost not worth playing between two players with really significant experience differences. That has to be considered a major weakness.
I’m going to be honest, I don’t really get this genre much either but this one extremely elevates it, don’t tell Michael but my real rating is a 4.5
The board combined with the pictures actually keeps context going throughout the game. If I lock down Alex Butterfield, Im deprived of one of my high action point values AND if I did it as nixon now the Post player will ignore that side of the board or if the Post locks him down now Nixon has to pay attention to that side of the board. Everything butterflies through the game in ways that similar entries into the genre don’t achieve.
This is in stark contrast to something like Fort Sumter or 13 minutes where you just feel like you are playing a limp game of tug of war where the impact of previous turns is that the seesaw is a little skewed to start the round.
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