CountryMouse's Refuge

We all just played a tile-laying game called Cannes. We universally did not like it. Cat'r has played it twice and had the same reaction both times. The basic premise is gathering components in order to make movies. But the main problem with the game is that it's over before you can make more than one movie (or even one movie at *all*). There are lots and lots of chits for movies and money, but you never need them/get to use them because the game ends too quickly and abruptly.

There was a reason Cat'r got this originally-$60-game for $6. And the artwork! It looked like a six-year-old did it! I can see paying $60 for the gorgeous Lord of the Ring cooperative board game. And for the equally gorgeous The Princes of Machu Picchu, with all its lovely artwork and all kinds of little perfectly-crafted wooden bits. But not this.

We hardly ever have this kind of reaction to a game--all of us. The last time was years ago, with O Zoo le Mio. Blurgh.