Overall, its a quick but fun little game. The biggest flaw about this game is that the "risk" mechanic is not incentivized enough. Oftentimes you get face cards in your hand and during a draw, and there isnt much reason to risk such a high card when it is safer to play it to earn those points. I also feel like the game runs a little too fast. Since the basic flow of the game is very simple and fluid, it is easy to forget when 3 rounds have passed. I think increasing the amount of rounds before reshuffling would be a good modification to this game.
This game was enjoyable and easy to understand. The goal of getting the most points was clear, and the actions made sense. However, the actions did not feel balanced. Most of the time it made more sense to play it safe than to risk it, and having a greater incentive to risk it (maybe double the points) would add to the game experience. I also think that the amount of turns per round could be increased without removing the fast-paced nature of the overall game.
The game was fun. It was very fast paced - not the 10-15 minutes assumed in the instructions. Perhaps we just got very lucky and drew a lot of face cards, but we did not take the Risk It action often as it was very rarely worth it. However, if we did not have many face cards out the risk it action was a very good way to catch up to others score wise. I think the new round every three turns was a bit unnecessary, and that the multiple rounds took away from the flow of the game since we had to keep stopping to reshuffle. A different end goal may work better. Perhaps setting a certain score to reach (maybe 300 points?) would work better, as this could still encourage multiple rounds while keeping the game moving.
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Overall, its a quick but fun little game. The biggest flaw about this game is that the "risk" mechanic is not incentivized enough. Oftentimes you get face cards in your hand and during a draw, and there isnt much reason to risk such a high card when it is safer to play it to earn those points. I also feel like the game runs a little too fast. Since the basic flow of the game is very simple and fluid, it is easy to forget when 3 rounds have passed. I think increasing the amount of rounds before reshuffling would be a good modification to this game.
This game was enjoyable and easy to understand. The goal of getting the most points was clear, and the actions made sense. However, the actions did not feel balanced. Most of the time it made more sense to play it safe than to risk it, and having a greater incentive to risk it (maybe double the points) would add to the game experience. I also think that the amount of turns per round could be increased without removing the fast-paced nature of the overall game.
The game was fun. It was very fast paced - not the 10-15 minutes assumed in the instructions. Perhaps we just got very lucky and drew a lot of face cards, but we did not take the Risk It action often as it was very rarely worth it. However, if we did not have many face cards out the risk it action was a very good way to catch up to others score wise. I think the new round every three turns was a bit unnecessary, and that the multiple rounds took away from the flow of the game since we had to keep stopping to reshuffle. A different end goal may work better. Perhaps setting a certain score to reach (maybe 300 points?) would work better, as this could still encourage multiple rounds while keeping the game moving.