tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738355864455923388.post6942266668588888981..comments2023-08-27T05:04:54.189-04:00Comments on Windsor Gaming Resource: So I got to try Eclipse last nightMoe Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09384519513376016560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738355864455923388.post-22899800696635089512012-11-04T18:08:50.826-05:002012-11-04T18:08:50.826-05:00I still can't quite call it MOO because you do...I still can't quite call it MOO because you don't customize your colonies at all. None of these games really let you do that yet, and that's the one thing I've found missing in re-creating the MOO experience. <br /><br />I think this does what TI tries to do and does it better, but I still think TI has some merit for a more epic longer game, especially using at least the first expansion (haven't tried the new one). The one beat that this misses is the whole political angle of TI. I loved having lots of worlds with lots of influence and taking the political action to literally change the rules of play in my favour, that's not something you get from Eclipse. For me I think both games will scratch slightly different itch. When I want a great space exploration game this will become my go to game. When I want something more epic with more detailed tech trees and a ton more politics, I'll still reach for TI. I'm certain the first itch is going to happen more often though. Moe Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384519513376016560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738355864455923388.post-19426203001863525182012-11-04T16:24:00.570-05:002012-11-04T16:24:00.570-05:00Good rules write up. Sorry the rules explaination...Good rules write up. Sorry the rules explaination took so long I was trying to be thorough. :P<br /><br />I think we could get this game down to the 30mins per player by maybe the 3rd play... provided there are no new players each time and none of them are Clayton :). I too went to bed thinking about this game and what I could have done here and there differently (after I looked up info on the upcoming expansion). <br /><br />I think this game most of the same beats that TI3 hits and will likely Jones' Theory TI3 out of my collection. A 3 hour game doesn't have to be an EVENT game which means it can come down of the shelf a lot more often. Also I think the time to fun ratio for this game would be higher. Which is to say I could play this game 2-3 times in the time it would take to play TI3 once, and it you added the fun up in those 2-3 game it would be more than the fun in the 1 game of TI3. If one were to quantify fun. <br /><br />It could have been called Master of Orion: The Boardgame as it conjured up a lot of MoO to me with the empire management and ship customization, which I think might be my favourite aspect of this game. The graphic design is superb, as the iconography all really "makes sense" and is very easy to understand. The turns are fast which leaves you engaged the entire game, so while it was 4 hours it didn't drag in the way TI3 games can when people are taking 10-15 mins with their turns.Jamie Shepherdnoreply@blogger.com