Eminent Domain: Escalation [Kickstarter]

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Eminent Domain: Escalation [Kickstarter]

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Friggin' TMG are asking for my money again. I've seen positive feedback here on OO for Eminent Domain. Anyone care to push me one way or the other on this?
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Re: Eminent Domain: Escalation [Kickstarter]

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It's like Race for the Galaxy but with cards. ;)

Ok, I meant cards for the play selection. I'm in -- that was a good mechanic but Eminent Domain fell a bit short after playing a bunch of times. My hope is the expansion gives more play variety.
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Re: Eminent Domain: Escalation [Kickstarter]

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Zarathud wrote:It's like Race for the Galaxy but with cards. ;)
I'm one of the three gamers left who haven't played RftG yet.
I'm in -- that was a good mechanic but Eminent Domain fell a bit short after playing a bunch of times. My hope is the expansion gives more play variety.
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Re: Eminent Domain: Escalation [Kickstarter]

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Well, I caved and backed at the 1 Eminent Domain + 1 ED:Escalation level. They've already funded and knocked down one stretch goal in < 1 day on a holiday weekend, so the project will probably end up with most of the stretch goals achieved.
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Re: Eminent Domain: Escalation [Kickstarter]

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I very much preferred Eminent Domain to Dominion and RftG (but not as much as Glory to Rome, if we are comparing card games). It does tend to lose a little interest factor due to the more uniform nature of the cards (the technology cards are varied, but the run-of-the-mill cards are just bland action cards). The mechanics, however, just seemed stronger, easier to learn, and less finicky than other similar games (and you don't have to learn a veritable language of symbols like you do for RftG).

I hear Escalation adds conquest and some other much-needed elements. I'm likely to consider it, because we certainly enjoyed Eminent Domain.
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I enjoyed it for a while but I have to agree with Zarathud's assessment. I was about to suggest Core Worlds with the latest expansion, but I think that would be more like comparing apples to oranges as Core Worlds is a much heftier game and can take quite a while to play. It's definitely not filler material like ED (ha...ED).
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