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artis  ·  3188 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres 2015 winners have been announced

On one hand I see why Machi Koro gets a lot of attention, on the other I don't get it at all.

The rules are pretty straightforward, there are a lot of choices and basic strategies are clear from the start, the art is cute...

...the rules are too confusing considering how simple the game is, the choices all seem pretty much the same, the way the dice work precludes any strategy other than maximizing dice roll coverage and the cards are look pretty much the same as they use only a handful of colors in the illustrations.

But yeah, sometimes the jury comes up with completely overlooked titles. They play trough a lot of games after all.