There was clearly a serious attempt here to make a game with finely balanced, interlocking systems that would lead to a deep, strategic game that offers plenty of choice. Unfortunately, I just don't find that these systems interact in engaging ways. If the game had cleaner, more extreme systems I could see it acting as such, but as it is, many systems are overbloated and superfluous (I would thus suggest not getting any expansions if you do play this; you don't need them).

Buy this game if you:
-Like fine-tuning and optimising things
-are willing to put a lot of time into a game
-Like variety

Don't buy this game if:
-You want a game of pure strategy
-Want a game that keeps you constantly engaged
-prefer depth over breadth


I didn't like this game, but you might.

There was clearly a serious attempt here to make a game with finely balanced, interlocking systems that would lead to a deep, strategic game that offers plenty of choice. Unfortunately, I just don't find that these systems interact in engaging ways. If the game had cleaner, more extreme systems I could see it acting as such, but as it is, many systems are overbloated and superfluous (I would thus suggest not getting any expansions if you do play this; you don't need them). Buy this game if you: -Like fine-tuning and optimising things -are willing to put a lot of time into a game -Like variety Don't buy this game if: -You want a game of pure strategy -Want a game that keeps you constantly engaged -prefer depth over breadth I didn't like this game, but you might.