very nice board game only thing i had to do was ...
922895
very nice board game only thing i had to do was add some duck tape on the inside of the skill sliders to make them fit better. if your looking for a game that will last many many play throughs get this game.
2958188
This is a nice game. It is mostly a memory game but where you all work together. There is a race-against-the-clock element as you need to get the 3 (nice looking, well made, nicely painted) plastic dinosaurs to a certain spot before a cardboard volcano is built. My hubby took one look at the dice and the number of memory tiles and the volcano pieces, did the math and calculated there is no way the volcano would ever beat the players! There is only a 1-in-6 chance of rolling the dice to the volcano icon. Everyone is happy when they win the game but I am very tempted to change the rules a bit and bring in a coin to flip. That way you roll the dice to move a dino but also flip a coin so there is a 50-50 chance of building the volcano each time (plus the 1-in-6 of the dice). That way you really do need to pay attention to the memory tiles and not just keep flipping the same ones over and over because you got distracted. For my 5yo this game is awesome, for me, well, its no settlers of catan, but it gives us something to do together.
3837515
This is a great strategy game and it doesn't take 3 hours to play.  However, the product that was shipped to me is missing several key pieces so that is frustrating.
759604
I love this game because it has a lot of puzzles and mini games!!! but the sad thing about it though is i could hardly understand the instructions on how to navigate it and it was very hard for me to get the mouse to move or it took to long but i will still recommend this game to anyone because it is so fun!!!! ;)
3547563
I had seen a review of this game online, so I knew I was going to like it, but WOW!  What a great game!  This is a pick up and delivery sort of board game, in which players guide two ships around a board of sea and island spaces.  One ship is carrying goods to other ports to sell for money.  The other is a pirate ship that they are using to attack other players' cargo ships to try to keep them from delivering their goods.  It takes minutes to learn and you want to play it again and again and again.  The components are of extremely high quality.  The coins you earn and silver and gold coins made of metal - very nice.  The ships are beautiful.  The artwork is wonderfully fun.  it's an all around great game that I would highly recommend for people young and old, experienced gamers or casual players.  My wife doesn't play a lot of games, so I bought this one, knowing she would enjoy playing it.  I think she loved it even more than I do.
611740
Great game, expensive.  But lots of fun!  It makes me wish I was better organized for more board game play.
2586777
Like Monopoly... The rules need to be tweaked a bit. Should be at least 16 and up. Overall it was an exciting game.
3283232
I played this twice last night at a board game evening.  I think I might have a unique perspective because I have never played Pandemic, so this was a new experience for me.  (I've played Forbidden Island and Castle Panic, but that's about it for my experience with cooperative games.)  Luckily I was playing with people who were familiar with the Pandemic gameplay.  I liked the game quite well.  Set up was pretty lengthy and so were some of the turns.  It's a great game, but not for a casual game player who doesn't have the patience for some complexity.  We lost the first game due to running out of cultists; the first card turned over was an Evil Rising and we were running behind the whole time.  As the owner of the game mentioned at the start:  "There are many ways to lose and only one way to win."  :-)  We won the second game by the skin of our teeth.  There were no cards left for me to draw at the end of my turn but I closed the final gate during my actions.  Naturally, you need to pay careful consideration to each character's abilities and use them wisely.  Having a character go insane is a pain, but not the end of the world.  On the successful game we were able to use the elder sign relic to close off a town from spawning new cultists and then were able use a second relic to retrieve the elder sign from the discard deck to re-use it on a second town.  Having only 2 of 4 towns still spawning cultists was a huge help, but it's all luck of the draw.  I personally did not draw any relic cards during either game, which was a bit of a drag.  Still, a great game--I'd play it again.
4125060
great classic board game moved to console game and I really enjoy playing this game with family and it does become very competitive. very cool buy
3745356
I won't go into gameplay descriptions but I'll go straight to the point - pros and cons.
THE PROS: Very cool, absolutely gorgeous deluxe looking game. Swashbuckling theme is adeptly applied. The miniatures are remarkable; the game board solid and large, The golden skull shaped dice are certainly distinctive and add to the flavor of the game. The cardboard tokens, full sized cards and plastic doubloons are all very good. There is even a 3D skull bank for holding those doubloons!  Nice touch However, the compass is just okay and lacks the ornateness the rest of the game. It's a gray plastic cutlases spinner on a plastic disk. Sababa should have gone they extra pennies and used the box cover compass artwork for the label and painted the cutlass spinner. Probably the only piece that was kinda 'skipped over' when they designed this jewel. Still not a con though.
CONS: The rules manual and gameplay mechanic. Convoluted and poorly written. Even the paper rules manual looks like an after thought. However, don't despair. Some excellent gamers at BoardGameGeek have come up with vast improvements and variants that enhance the game up to a higher standard. See "Fixing Pirateology" at : [...]
 and the"Modified Rules" in the "Variants" section.
Another side issue. The picture shown here on Amazon has the round tin "Splice Pirateology" card game (a whole other review) as well as, the "Pirateology: Hunter's Companion".  Neither of which come with this board game.
FINAL THOUGHTS:  Buy the game!  It's a steal just for all the mentioned components. Use the revised rules upgrades noted above and have a swashbuckling good time with up to 6 players.
1691423
This game is fun and challenging to get around on the LCD version of the board game.  But watch out for the other 3 colors that will make you go back to your home base to start all over again.  I like this game a lot.  Great for travel.
4724532
I only learned about Settlers of Catan earlier this year after many friends raved about it.  We bought the regular (cardboard) set and played quite a bit.  The cardboard version is kind of flimsy and it can be difficult to keep things in place.  I lamented that I should make the board out of wood.

A little Googling revealed many people doing the same thing.  I thought about making my own, but my lovely wife was pretty sure that it would end up costing me thousands of dollars in actual hours to make a set (and she was probably right).  Though this is quite expensive for a "board game," it's certainly cheaper in the long run.  So much so that she surprised me with it for Father's day.

The pieces are amazingly detailed and the box is perfect.  The details on the pieces seem pretty delicate and could be damaged were it not for the well designed box. Everything is easy to store and has a secure place.  The game itself is as terrific as always and the board plays great.  I had never played the Cities and Knights expansion prior to this. That version of the game has a different angle and is longer than the original Settlers, but still enjoyable.

My only possible concern is the potential difficulty of adding on to play with more than 4 players.  Expansions are available to allow more players, but they are made of the original cardboard, etc., and I'm not sure how well they would integrate.  Of course, it's all speculation at this point, but it has crossed my mind.

Overall, the set is beautiful and I'm the envy of all of my Settlers loving friends.
1679454
Very satisfied with the game and all the game pieces. Glad to see that all the game cards were different. Extra chips will be great for a larger group of players.
846818
King of Tokyo is one of my favorite board games, possibly for a different reason than most people would expect.

I have a learning disability (ADD) so I don't really enjoy learning the more complicated board games that are out there these days, but King of Tokyo was pretty easy for me to pick up. The game sessions are also faster than say Catan, so that also suits me well. I do wish they'd package it with the expansions but the price here on Amazon was good today so I added it to my order.

If you're looking for a quicker, unusual game to play with family or friends, give this a try.
2034198
I just got this game delivered to me not long ago and already played a game, this game for me works great with my windows 10. I am so happy to finally find this game for PC. This only down side and the only reason i gave it 4 stars is i wish during the game when other players "show another player a card" it would tell you what card it was so you can mark it off on your check list. Other then that i am excited to play this game.
1223092
This is a very faithful recreation of the boardgame experience.  In fact, I wished they have gone for even more of a classic feel, because the CG battles were more of a distraction, and doesn't feel right when you are mainly playing on a game board.  The only disappointment was that I thought this would include the original European map, but it didn't.  Really, I mean, does it kill them to have that thrown in with the game?  Overall, I had a great fun with it, and it's so addictive that I've afraid to boot it up:)
297887
Very very fun game. It came in great condition with no defects and is a more strategic approach to the zombie board game.