Chinatown: lo que opinan mis Geekbuddies
Analysis for Chinatown Average Rating: 7.32
| User | Rating | Own/Want/Trade | Comment |
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| 10 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Great trading game! Unlike other negotiation games, in that it is absolutely reliant on making the most deals rather than the best deals. Game isn't designed so much for the Big Score or the Swindle. The only fault is that it everyone wants to make one last deal, but people wanting to stretch out a game because they are so into it doesn't seem like it should be a strike against it. High potential for good fun. Play only with social people that want to make deals. | |
| 9.5 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Lots of luck & math, but it's still (one of) our favorite game(s). Negotiation, negotiation & negotiation. >10 plays 08-2005 - 30 - Spielbrett, Basel CH |
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| 9 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | An excellent, simple and elegant negotiation game. I'd recommend this for a light or mid-weight negotiation game with Traders of Genoa (also great) for a heavier negotiation game. | |
| 8.5 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | No comments | |
| 8 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | The best negotiation game there is - period. | |
| 8 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Simple mechanic but very nice feel and flow through the phases. There is an element of luck with the plot card distribution and business tile draw, but this is offset to a degree during the trading phase. Initial impressions are that I like it alot, but wonder if the rub of the luck might start to p*ss me off eventually. | |
| 8 | Own: No Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | 4 playings. There is certainly an amount of luck to the game, but because it is a negotiation/trading game you can sometimes wheel-and-deal (or fasttalk) yourself out of a hole. | |
| 8 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Only played twice -- need to play again. | |
| 8 | Own: No Want: Yes Trade: No Wishlist: Yes | (Rating after only two plays.) Very cool neogatation game. Would love to play it more to have a better feel for what items are worth. Annoying that it is so expensive in the states. Hopefully the rumor I heard about a French company reprinting in 2007 comes true. | |
| 7.5 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | No comments | |
| 7 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Decent little negotiation game. I prefer to play with closed tiles, and with the 'street access' rules. | |
| 7 | Own: No Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | No comments | |
| 7 | Own: No Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | one of the better negotiating games, but could take longer than wished for... maybe a timer would work great, make the deal or lose.... | |
| 7 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Everything's Negotiable! While there's luck in what you draw, it comes down to your negotiating and deal-making skills that will help you do well in this game. | |
| 7 | Own: No Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Maybe the best negotiation game I've ever played. Very clever mechanics. | |
| 7 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | This game has dropped a point mostly due to comparison with later Alea titles which cover much of the same ground but with more depth and elegance. Traders of Genoa is now the definition of deal-maker's heaven, and this is the pretender to that title. | |
| 7 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | after
first play this is my initial rating. I don't own many
negotiation/trading games..perhaps the most popular is bohnanza. I also
own Die Handler, and, although I believe to be a good game, doesn't
stir up the fun factor and enthusiasm from other players while playing.
Chinatown on the other hand had two things going for it. 1. The rounds, and game played quick, probably not far from an hour. We stuck rigourously to the 5 min deal-making time limit. 2. Everyone got 'into character' with this game. All adopting rather bad chinese accents in pray. This resulted in lotsa laughs, and additionally, fun. Obviously number 2 relies on the group a fair bit, but I think this is an excellant game and was worth shelling out the big money to get my hands on it, as it was recommended to me at the same time as die handler and instead I went for Die Handler, but I think this is the better game. |
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| 7 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | No comments | |
| 6.5 | Own: No Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | The purest negotiation game I've played. If you like negotiation I highly recommend it as it's a great design. The play is straight-forward but you'll need to use your guile and get into as many (profitable) deals as possible in order to win. | |
| 6 | Own: No Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Eh, it's okay for the type of game that it is. Based on 1 play with 5 players. |
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| 5 | Own: Yes Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Fun light negotiation game with plenty going on. It does seem to end somewhat abruptly though. | |
| 3 | Own: No Want: No Trade: No Wishlist: No | Things I like: This appears to be well-balanced. Things I worry about: too much open information and the personality of the group you're playing it with. I played it with a group of 5 people, only one of whom I really knew well, and it made negotiation a bit...odd. I think my lack of experience also contributed. I also think the luck of the draw, though fixable by dealing, can be a little too generous in some circumstances. Chinatown felt like a math puzzle at some level to me. The game should be fun for its free-wheeling haggleathons, but everything ended up feeling like a math puzzle to me. The "I've got what you need and refuse to deal with you" aspect is also a large one for me, if someone is in the lead and you're in second, and they draw the last tile you need there is no way to get it away from them. The real killer though is the nigh completely open information, it is way too easy to calculate the value of a given trade out, and hence, negotiations frequently end up stalling out. The only place you can get ahead against savvy opponents is in the draw, which isn't exactly a mark of distinction for me. One of the alea disappointments. If you're looking for a negotiation game I highly recommend either Traders of Genoa or Die Haendler over this... |
