The 18xx craze never ends, and after seeing railway empire building games\u00a0taking place in Cyprus or even the asteroid belt we now have a game that\u00a0doesn’t even have trains but is – all things considered – a fully-fledged\u00a01830 variant. ‘Poseidon”s design goal was to reduce complexity and playing\u00a0time in contrast to the original game, and also reduce some of the cutthroat\u00a0tactics that turns off so many inexperienced players once they have been\u00a0dumped the worst and unprofitable line through stock market \u00a0machinations.<\/p>\n
In fact the stock market part of the game has been reduced to it’s bare\u00a0bones because – let’s face it – there really was no stock market in Ancient\u00a0Greece. Players try to create trading routes instead of railway lines, with\u00a0the added bonus that it is possible to travel through a blocked tile.\u00a0Technological competition comes in the guise of better galleys and triremes.\u00a0All in all Poseidon manages to make the 18xx system relatively accessible to\u00a0newcomers, but it is still not a completely easy nor quick game. As a good\u00a0entry game into the 18xx universe it is highly recommended, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 18xx craze never ends, and after seeing railway empire building games\u00a0taking place in Cyprus or even the asteroid belt we now have a game that\u00a0doesn’t even have trains but is – all things considered – a fully-fledged\u00a01830 variant. ‘Poseidon”s design goal was to reduce complexity and playing\u00a0time in contrast to the original game, and … “Poseidon” is our Game of the Month<\/span> weiterlesen