But if you turn of your brain, and just play for frags, it is fairly fun, for a short time. But it kind of suffers from the same ‘simulation’ problem some other game genres suffer from. The more closely you try to model something a computer can do simply and quickly, the more likely I’ll just go to the computer for that ‘fix.’

The first game, which was a narrow second place (three points from first.) I had the Pyramids of Giza and with 4 stages to build, I spent time sluffing. I played to my wonder using cards that would have benefitted others. I focused on just what I needed to build my wonder up and not on a lot of smaller point cards. The 20 points from the wonder combined with the card that gave bonuses for having completed stages of your wonder were awesome. My opponents didn’t see those bonus cards as viable for them, but since I knew they existed I sought them vigorously to support the strategy I had chosen to take.

There’s a balance to it all, I assure you. Not getting the cards you want can definitely hurt, but I wouldn’t short change the power and strength that your wonder can hold.