From: fierkelab@bchm.biochem.duke.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.board
Subject: 3W followup
Date: 21 Dec 92 01:03:25 GMT
Organization: Biochemistry

Well, I received a few E-mails in followup to my query about 3W games and
coupons, so I thought I'd return the favor and post a few of the replies for
others of you who may have been wondering about this deal.  For those of you
with a cursory interest, in general people recommended SS America, liked
StarForce Terra (a B and P card type-game)>, were curious about Imperium, but
couldn't recommend other 3W games, especially the Royalists and Roundheads
series.  I think I'm going to take a chance on SS America, cause I've always
wanted to invade the US, and take another chance on Imperium.  Will let y'all
know how things go.

From:    <JJR111@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>

>Well if you like alt/history, check out there SS America,the invasion
>of the US by Germany in 1948.  They also have other games but this
>one is far the best.  It's huge, the map is 20 miles a hex(roughly),
>covering the US/Canada down to the entire Gulf of Mexico and Northern
>South America.   Lots of counters.  Rules are not to complexe for being
>a monster game.
>Jim<
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From: robert@geoblue.gcn.uoknor.edu (Robert Lindsay)

>I'd be careful about 3W stuff. They put out a whole lot of stuff in the last
>year, and a large chunk of it seems to be 'underdone'. Sometimes the rules
>are a little buggy, sometimes they just don't work at all. The graphics are
>usually OK, though not spectacular. Take for example Royalist and Roundheads,
>I bought it and initially thought it was OK, then began to notice that it
>was almost impossible to kill a unit. And the system has been cloned to death
>already there are Royalist and Roundheads II, (Royalist and Roundheads III
>on the way), The Crusades, TheBlack Prince, Cannons & Crossbows. And all of
>these are quad games. Their Zitadelle game on Kursk had a rather overwought
>system to it, and just wasn't much fun.< 

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From: LINDERT@SARA.NL (Rick te Lindert)

>Earlier this year I bought 3W's "Royalists and Roundheads". I was very
>disappointed about it, and I cannot understand why someone like Richard Berg,
>well known designer of numerous games, should recommend it. In my opinion,
>the game's playability is very low. Even after having very carefully read the
>rules several times, I was still not sure how to interpret some of them (and
>this is not caused by lack of knowledge of the English language). And I simply
>do not like games in which very often situations arise where it is unclear how
>to proceed. I have noticed that quite a few people in this newsgroup share my
>dislike.
>The game's followups (R&R II, The Black Prince, etc) are probably below the
>mark, as well. Perhaps Imperator is better, as it is a reprint (at least, so
>have I been informed) of an earlier game called King of Kings. If you buy the
>latter, I should be very interested in your opinion about it.<

>Regards<

>--
>Rick te Lindert					*	PO Box 4613
>Academic Computing Services Amsterdam (SARA)	*	1009 AP Amsterdam
>e-mail: lindert@sara.nl				*	The Netherlands

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From:    COLORADO@STARS.GSFC.NASA.GOV

>I got the same set of coupons.  The only 3W game I've ever played is
>STar Force Terra.  It's a beer'n'pretzels card game, but it's pretty fun.<

>Martin Snow
 
snow@lyrae.dnet.nasa.gov
snow@cololasp.bitnet
msnow%cygnus@vaxf.colorado.edu
 
Well, there you have it, at least what I've gathered.  Y'all have fun now,
y'here!

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