I'm an anomaly, but I love the game at 3. There are only 2 nobles, so many of the castles will be gone by round 2, or even round 1 if that bonus is taken in France. Because many of the castles are not available in the early game (they require strength 3 or 4 knights), and the nobles in the early castles go quick, the important castles shift in the game, and there is plenty of competition.
Lancaster is my favorite game. Overall, you did a great job of providing an overview of the game and reviewing its pros/cons. For completeness, you should have shown a little bit about the castle location and its associated actions. Well done as usual.
Hey Paul great review of one of the best eurogames of all time. I agree that the 2 player rules are kind of shite though. Probably better to have certain cities "closed" each round and vary this through the game. Tighten it up a bit.
Thanks for the review. Why do you spend so much time on reviewing the 2-3p game? This is clearly not a game for 2-3 players so that's mostly irrelevant, they only put that on the box for commercial reasons
Well it's a good mention for the same commercial reasons. People can decide better whether to buy it. I am happy new owner of the old version with New Laws expansion, bought it mostly for 4 player games. And I understand that I will be rather playing Troyes with 2 or 3 players, which I absolutely like at that player counts.
@@GamingRulesVideos TBH I find the English language rulebook rather poor--it's weirdly organized and has some key ambiguities that I had to resolve with reference to BGG. (For instance--just try to find the rule that says you can't acquire two noble tiles from the same county. It's buried in there.... SOMEWHERE.)
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I will definitely have to play this sometime, it looks really interesting!
Lancaster is a game I’d been interested in for a while, so thanks for doing this review!
A great, yet honest, review! Thanks, Paul.
I'm an anomaly, but I love the game at 3. There are only 2 nobles, so many of the castles will be gone by round 2, or even round 1 if that bonus is taken in France. Because many of the castles are not available in the early game (they require strength 3 or 4 knights), and the nobles in the early castles go quick, the important castles shift in the game, and there is plenty of competition.
Thanks Paul, for this excellent review.
Another Quality review, Paul. Thank you!
Thanks for this. I've seen copies of Lancaster on my FLGS shelf for a while, and always wondered how it played.
Lancaster is my favorite game. Overall, you did a great job of providing an overview of the game and reviewing its pros/cons. For completeness, you should have shown a little bit about the castle location and its associated actions. Well done as usual.
Love the thumbnail by the way, like to see you getting creative with them. 😃
Thanks!
There are many games in this genre some quite heavy to get into. You are a great help deciding between them and making them more accessible. Thank you
Same here. I'm probably gonna be rubbish at bidding as well, but the fact that it works well with 5 might still put it on the table.
Jesus Christ, Paul. So much content, so much work. You really need some warm sea days)
Hey Paul great review of one of the best eurogames of all time. I agree that the 2 player rules are kind of shite though. Probably better to have certain cities "closed" each round and vary this through the game. Tighten it up a bit.
Yep. That's a good idea too.
I agree with you about player count. I play a lot of 2 - 3 players, and found this game not memorable and got rid of it.
I really enjoyed playing this game (my copy) but as my collection grew, it was one of the games I culled.. :-/
Thanks for the review. Why do you spend so much time on reviewing the 2-3p game? This is clearly not a game for 2-3 players so that's mostly irrelevant, they only put that on the box for commercial reasons
Well it's a good mention for the same commercial reasons. People can decide better whether to buy it.
I am happy new owner of the old version with New Laws expansion, bought it mostly for 4 player games.
And I understand that I will be rather playing Troyes with 2 or 3 players, which I absolutely like at that player counts.
A very good game, ruined in France by a catastrophic French rulebook (one of the worst never edited; full of errors and nonsenses...).
oh no. That's a shame
@@GamingRulesVideos TBH I find the English language rulebook rather poor--it's weirdly organized and has some key ambiguities that I had to resolve with reference to BGG. (For instance--just try to find the rule that says you can't acquire two noble tiles from the same county. It's buried in there.... SOMEWHERE.)