Hexarchy Reviews

cool "quick civ" game

A fun quick game

More boardgame than civilization, but a very good boardgame to be fair.

Very nice game, but unfortunately very badly balanced... to bad! Will give it a thumps up anyways, because besides the balance its pretty neat.

Simple Civ with deckbuilding. a bit too basic maybe but very enjoyable and games are quick.

Simply amazing! Finally a 4x game that does not require 20h/game and is never boring!!!

As someone else pointed out, "a genre mash-up that doesn't maintain the appeal of either genre"

This is not civ. It doesn't pretend to be civ. If you want a week long cozy game of civ, go buy civ. Or buy it anyway and leave a long review about how it's not civ. You do you. If you are tired of civ and looking for something different, punchy, and an hour long: buy this game. Does what it says on the box: hour long deck building 4x. Good stuff.

Unlike some other games, you do not need to spend a whole days working at a map; sometimes a half hour is enough, leaving you time to play another round or just to avoid the necessity of trying to cram two hours of sleep before the morning alarm clock. There are many modes to try; I particularly like the Hegemony battles - not because I always win but because I sometimes don't although I wish there were a forum for each of the various civilisations (factions) so that I could see if there are other players that consistently favour one or some civs over others rather than just wondering if folks are merely jumping onto the bandwagon of the one leading faction.. The developers are good at staying on top of the little issues.

Not a bad game per session, and I was actually having a lot of fun. Until I went to multiplayer. The movement there is just broken to the point of being unplayable. Everyone makes the orders on their turn, then the movement and attacks happen in a seemingly random order. This means that if you're the last in turn order you can get your big unit move blocked by a scout. You'll get shot first before getting to do anything. You'll get flanked because you've not moved yet, so the enemy has perfect knowledge. You'll have your disembarks move blocked - the charge card you paid for? Wasted. Pick a different cell next turn? Then can just move to it. It's not just bad, it's infuriatingly unfair if you're not player 1.