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- Replay Value (1-10): 8
- Fun Factor (1-10): 6
- Worth Buying (1-10): 10
This is the next (and, I hear, last) game in Kris Burm's Gipf series, and
is the first one in a while to not actually win the Mensa Select award.
It is somewhat reminiscent of Hex or Twixt in that your goal is to connect
two opposite sides of the large hexagonal board (although it doesn't
matter which pair), but unlike those games, your pieces can move around
and (subject to certain constraints) can even move on top of other
pieces.
I'm not sure what it is that makes this game not as attractive as
Zertz or Dvonn, but I definitely felt it. Perhaps it is the old
strategy vs. tactics balance; in "N-in-a-row" games, it is more
important to look at local moves and counter moves (tactics), while
in "connect the edges" games, it is more important to place
bases at distances and slowly connect them (strategy). Much like
a good game of Go, you really won't have much of an idea of what good
strategy is your first few games -- but unlike Go, there aren't
mounds of literature guiding you on what to do.
Like always, though, the pieces and board are very satisfying to hold
and place.
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