sur5al wrote:
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(P.S. completely off topic, how the hell you board game geekers allow "Game of Thrones" to be so low on ratings? You really think that "El Grande" or "Chaos of the Old World" are better and more mentally challenging games???)
In my opinion El Grande must have something going for it, given that it was published way back when in the Jurassic Age of 1995 and is still played and enjoyed by many.
One reason that El Grande joins Louis XIV as a personal favourite is the core mechanic of cunning manoeuvres for area control.
On a Grander scale of solar systems, cunning manoeuvres for area control are also one of the core mechanics of Eclipse.