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- From: rbr@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Rossney)
- Subject: Re: Review: AMBITION aka SCHOCKO & CO.
- Message-ID: <rbr.724973778@well.sf.ca.us>
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- References: <rbr.724466185@well.sf.ca.us> <BzMCqD.6pu.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:36:18 GMT
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- In <BzMCqD.6pu.2@cs.cmu.edu> rollins+@cs.cmu.edu (Gene Rollins) writes:
-
- >There is also a very favorable review of this game by Allan Moon.
- >In this review he notes that the Express cards are not well-balanced
- >and adds luck to the game. He suggests playing without them, or
- >using his alternate set. I tired playing without them with good
- >success. The express cards each feature a disaster that you can inflict
- >upon another player. There is also a disaster card that is inflicted
- >on everyone equally at the end of each round, which adds enough
- >uncertainity and interest to the game.
-
- I'm with Moon on this one. The Contracts provide this game with all the
- luck it needs. The game rewards careful planning so directly that throwing
- little monkeywrenches in here and there just spoils the fun.
-
- Ambition is the French version of the game; it's identical (except, of
- course, for the language) to the German version. I haven't seen the German
- rules, but the French rules are hilarious; I've never seen a game with rules
- like these. Like, one section of the rules addresses some interesting
- subtleties (e.g., if a player makes a deal with you to let you see the Le
- Confidentiel card if he buys it, can he welsh?), only it's in the form of an
- advice column, with a wife writing in to talk about how Ambition is ruining
- her marriage. Bizarre. French.
-
- Bob Rossney
- rbr@well.sf.ca.us
-