Comments on: Around the Tiwanaku Wheel: Deduction in a Farming Setting

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 21:30:34 +0000

In reply to Kamio. Hurray! Enjoy playing when it arrives!

By: Kamio

Kamio — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 03:43:51 +0000

In reply to Jessica. I found a KS copy for a reasonable price! And from a reputable person, so it should go through fine. Yay!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:14:52 +0000

In reply to Kamio. It looks like some of the upgrades are available as separate purchases from the publisher... Just not the meeples! Oh, dear! They really do look quite lovely and their unique poses make them feel like they come to life a bit. Hope you're successful in tracking down a copy of the deluxe edition!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:07:30 +0000

In reply to RogerBW.

I share your concerns! I’m also not sure what else I could do to improve my strategies, besides making more guesses. Maybe it has some Sudoku elements where you may not know the exact number, but you can narrow it down and then base some other guesses on this. Only… I’m really not good at that level of deduction. Ha!

The rulebook confused me, too, before I realized how simple gameplay is. Great idea for creating your own, and thanks for sharing! Just looking at it confirms how easy the rules should be. Excellent work!

By: Kamio

Kamio — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:03:37 +0000

I wish I hadn’t backed out of this Kickstarter. The retail version is readily available, but I would want those beautiful meeples! The gameplay mechanics also really calls out to me. After seeing your lovely photos, I’ll have to hunt down the deluxe edition now.

By: RogerBW

RogerBW — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:00:43 +0000

I played this multi-player a little while back when it was new on BGA. As I recall it, quite fun, but it didn’t feel as though it had much staying power—and that was without concerns about the longevity of the components. (I’ve seen similar systems set up with no axle, and instead a half-circle solid rim to hold the inner disc in place, which might perhaps work better in this case.)

As for the game, I enjoy deduction and there are interesting tricks to be played with the adjacency rules, but as the options shut down towards the end of the game it seemed as though it was dragging out for too long. Still, that’s only a reaction to a single game with other novice players.

We all found the rulebook a little rough, so I’ve written my own and added it to the Roger’s Rules project (link from my name, no advertising/tracking).