To answer your daughters' question, volcanoes are surrounded by some of the most fertile soils on earth, so they have historically attracted civilizations.
You could make the same argument for any natural disaster. Why do people live in near hurricane/tornado/blizzard/earthquake/drought/monsoon pron areas? Finding somewhere without these is few and far between. People live near volcanoes for the minerals, geothermal enegry, fertile soil, and tourism.
Reminds me a bit of Rattus. But in Rattus there is no division into two different parts of the game (except for the final plague round, which is still similar to simple plague) and you constantly add people to the board and lose them. So it is a more consistent game.
Not to mention, why would anybody want to live in a place that has multiple tornadoes, lightning storms, floods and hurricanes almost every year? Nobody, that's who. Oh wait. FLORIDA! :D
If I remember correctly from the rulebook the idea behind one person moving more spaces the more people there are in the square is that people who tend to be the ones who get out or get furthest away tend to be the fastest or youngest and most fit and those who are alone or moving slowest are the more elderly or unfit. Also this game is QUITE out of print, it tends to net a healthy price, usually $100+ glad I found my copy at my FLGS right after it went OOP for $45.
Not sure about the pamplona comparison.. That's a case of young, boastful men choosing to take risks to show off their virility and prowess, rather than an event of thousands of men women and children burned/smothered inside their own homes.. But hey, little wooden cubes/cylinders heal all! Nice review guys :-)
wow....doesn't really have much to do with what happened in Pompeii all those years ago, huh? Pompeii wasn't even hit with "lava"....and even if it was, the lava is just appearing willy-nilly around town?? Hmmm....
To answer your daughters' question, volcanoes are surrounded by some of the most fertile soils on earth, so they have historically attracted civilizations.
You could make the same argument for any natural disaster. Why do people live in near hurricane/tornado/blizzard/earthquake/drought/monsoon pron areas? Finding somewhere without these is few and far between. People live near volcanoes for the minerals, geothermal enegry, fertile soil, and tourism.
Reminds me a bit of Rattus. But in Rattus there is no division into two different parts of the game (except for the final plague round, which is still similar to simple plague) and you constantly add people to the board and lose them. So it is a more consistent game.
"Valcano"? Seriously? Lol
Reminds me of Survive
Not to mention, why would anybody want to live in a place that has multiple tornadoes, lightning storms, floods and hurricanes almost every year? Nobody, that's who. Oh wait. FLORIDA! :D
This game needs meeples
That's exactly what I did, bought meeples in enough of several different colors so that even in a 2-player game you can pick whatever color you want.
00:43 one word, Seatle. A possible sequel?
Cubs? Bring out the Oilers Jersey Sam! ;)
If I remember correctly from the rulebook the idea behind one person moving more spaces the more people there are in the square is that people who tend to be the ones who get out or get furthest away tend to be the fastest or youngest and most fit and those who are alone or moving slowest are the more elderly or unfit.
Also this game is QUITE out of print, it tends to net a healthy price, usually $100+ glad I found my copy at my FLGS right after it went OOP for $45.
Not sure about the pamplona comparison.. That's a case of young, boastful men choosing to take risks to show off their virility and prowess, rather than an event of thousands of men women and children burned/smothered inside their own homes..
But hey, little wooden cubes/cylinders heal all! Nice review guys :-)
Also the Romans didn't know the danger: until Vesuvius blew up there was no Latin word for Volcano
wow....doesn't really have much to do with what happened in Pompeii all those years ago, huh?
Pompeii wasn't even hit with "lava"....and even if it was, the lava is just appearing willy-nilly around town??
Hmmm....
Um....from what I've read Vesuvius hadn't erupted for 1,500 years in 79 AD....they Didn't KNOW it was a volcano
I uh... Okay. Interesting concept I guess.
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