Comments on: Review: “Ran”, the board game http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/ News and selected information on Akira Kurosawa Sat, 17 May 2008 00:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Vili Maunula http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-11878 Vili Maunula Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:01:18 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-11878 No, thank <i>you</i> Richard for all the hard work that you must have put into developing the game! <b>Ran</b> has been a lot of fun to play, and has also got me interested in the military history of the Sengoku period Japan. I'm in fact currently reading a book on the battle of Sekigahara, and may well end up purchasing your earlier title <b>Samurai</b> just to get to play that battle as well. There are also a couple of other titles that carry your name and which I have for a long time had half an eye on. I will definitely give them a closer look the next time I'm shopping for a board game. No, thank you Richard for all the hard work that you must have put into developing the game!

Ran has been a lot of fun to play, and has also got me interested in the military history of the Sengoku period Japan. I’m in fact currently reading a book on the battle of Sekigahara, and may well end up purchasing your earlier title Samurai just to get to play that battle as well.

There are also a couple of other titles that carry your name and which I have for a long time had half an eye on. I will definitely give them a closer look the next time I’m shopping for a board game.

]]> By: Richard Berg http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-11876 Richard Berg Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:48:56 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-11876 I'd like to thank Vili for the kind review of my game, RAN . . . and I'[m most glad that it provided him with the atmosphere and aura of the subject, which, like Mr Kurosawa, is something I try most hard to achieve (albeit in a rather different medium). I’d like to thank Vili for the kind review of my game, RAN . . . and I’[m most glad that it provided him with the atmosphere and aura of the subject, which, like Mr Kurosawa, is something I try most hard to achieve (albeit in a rather different medium).

]]> By: Jeremy Quintanilla http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-11026 Jeremy Quintanilla Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:47:26 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-11026 I am just about to order it, so I guess within a weeks period I should have it. I'll will let you know, I would like for you send me what you can and be sure to ask you any question that might come up. It would be great to play by messenger or email, I suppose if your still interested roughly 2 weeks for now, so I can get a bit of practice before hand, I will give you a email and see what we can do. I am just about to order it, so I guess within a weeks period I should have it. I’ll will let you know, I would like for you send me what you can and be sure to ask you any question that might come up.

It would be great to play by messenger or email, I suppose if your still interested roughly 2 weeks for now, so I can get a bit of practice before hand, I will give you a email and see what we can do.

]]> By: Vili Maunula http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-10995 Vili Maunula Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:15:37 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-10995 I'm glad you liked it and got interested! If you do buy the game, drop me an e-mail and I'll forward you an errata and a map replacement that the good guys at GMT sent me. And if you have any problems with the rules, just ask. They are not all that complicated, but as I pointed out in the review, the rule book is a bit of a mess. I am also open for any "play by email" and "play by messenger" challenges. ;) I’m glad you liked it and got interested! If you do buy the game, drop me an e-mail and I’ll forward you an errata and a map replacement that the good guys at GMT sent me.

And if you have any problems with the rules, just ask. They are not all that complicated, but as I pointed out in the review, the rule book is a bit of a mess.

I am also open for any “play by email” and “play by messenger” challenges. ;)

]]> By: Jeremy Quintanilla http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-10922 Jeremy Quintanilla Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:27:29 +0000 http://akirakurosawa.info/2007/11/19/review-ran-the-board-game/#comment-10922 Thanks Vili for that fantastic review, I am glad you decided to post about, I found its vague relation to Kurosawa enough to find great interest in this. Your personal take on it, is more then enough to convince me to buy this, I will for sure buy this shortly. I havent played a good board game in years, I've gotten tied up into videogames, that I have forgotten the enjoyment of watching a battle take place can have. This sounds like the prefect game that is not dumb down to boredom and not so advance I cant enjoy myself. Thanks Vili for that fantastic review, I am glad you decided to post about, I found its vague relation to Kurosawa enough to find great interest in this. Your personal take on it, is more then enough to convince me to buy this, I will for sure buy this shortly.

I havent played a good board game in years, I’ve gotten tied up into videogames, that I have forgotten the enjoyment of watching a battle take place can have. This sounds like the prefect game that is not dumb down to boredom and not so advance I cant enjoy myself.

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