It think it's a bit shorter and a bit more simple to explain which means that it can be more practical for a gaming night with 4 or 5 players. I clocked a 2 pla

It think it's a bit shorter and a bit more simple to explain which means that it can be more practical for a gaming night with 4 or 5 players. I clocked a 2 player at 1.5u and a four player game at 3h, with experience that'll go down. More importantly this is with a 9 year old who picked up the game quicker then I did as a experienced board gamer and kept beating me. I personally like the theme a bit more. On boardgamegeek there's a thread going about possible downsides, but I can't really comment on that as I've only played 5 games, and thoroughly enjoy that. I played a lot (> 100) of 2p Puerto Rico, another highly rated game - with the same person and as we know eachothers favorite strategies we actively try to block them, with randomization of the buildings (and expansions) we still like the game. I think that although the openings might tend to get scripted there might be enough variety for future replayability. I like it more then Terra Mystica personally. The discussion thread about it is here: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1612607/scythe-are-people-really-so-blind-its-faults http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1612607/scythe-are-people-re...