RDTN Episode 327: Star Tycoon, Cities, Landmarks and SWU: Shadows of the Galaxy

Tony McRee



00:00:00 Intro 00:03:51 Holiday Adventures 00:09:17 Slingz 00:14:57 Rehash of Old Games 00:18:45 Taste Buds 00:29:25 Miniature Market 00:31:05 Star Tycoon 00:49:07 Cities 00:56:31 Gametoppers LLC 00:59:11 Landmarks 01:12:05 Portal Games 01:13:10 Star Wars Unlimited 01:19:49 Gamegenic




There are many games about manipulating a stock market or trying to be a Tycoon of an industry. So, when we heard about Star Tycoon, we wondered what was different from all the other games in this category. For me, two things jumped out when playing. First, the market is not the dominating factor in this game, there is a nice balance between that and your other objectives. Second, the market wasn’t the only thing contributing to how you got your resources. Like the balance this game brought into the crowded stock market games.




Cities was a quick game to play with the need to concentrate on a few objectives and not many. And when teaching the game, it might need to be pointed out. This game will promote some sort of hate drafting to keep others from amassing large number of points and while this is solitary in play, little interaction, you need to pay attention to what others are doing.




Thanks for listening and hope you are having a wonderful summer so far.
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