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<\/p>\nYou are well-to-do gentlemen of Victorian England and are bored with your life of luxury.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to have a competition with your high class friends to see who can destroy their social standing more thoroughly.\u00a0 You will be doing this by losing votes in an election, destroying your reputation among the social elite, and selling off all your possessions and losing your money.<\/p>\n
My First Play Opinion<\/p>\n
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We played the game based off the instructions suggestion and played only two of the three modules. \u00a0In this game we decided to play the possessions module and the high society module. \u00a0They seemed like the most interesting to me and the political module seemed a little too close to home with the current political turmoil.<\/p>\n
The initial dive into this experience was a bit rough with lots of icons that needed to be deciphered. \u00a0This obviously was a heavier game so it comes with the territory but I always feel that too much icons and not enough description at a glance can really slow down the game for new players. \u00a0It’s also an issue for players who can get easily frustrated when they are stumbling thru their first game.<\/p>\n
At first glace, the game is very reminiscent of the era that the game takes place in. \u00a0All the card artwork has great Victorian style which makes the humor on the cards all the more glaring. \u00a0Every little card in this box has some little nugget of humor and narrative that was just delightful. \u00a0The theme and narrative of this game really grabbed my attention and held tight throughout. \u00a0I was found myself wanting to follow along with every other players card plays to build a story around each players strategy.<\/p>\n
The game play itself seems to be very cohesive but for some at the table had a slightly harder time latching on to the concept of trying to lose everything as opposed to getting everything. \u00a0I also found the balancing of the two modules to be quite a challenge. \u00a0I found myself setting up a system to drop my social standing first which I seemed to have a understanding of the strategy first. \u00a0It wasn’t until mid game that I even considered the possessions I had. \u00a0I feel the game would be quite the experience if you were to use all three of the modules at once and trying to manage that.<\/p>\n
As of the first play of The Prodigals Club, I say this game is a easy dive into a heavier game experience with the narrative reference point that I feel holds others from a more broad of an audience. \u00a0I’m very excited to jump back into it and give a more detailed review of this game.<\/p>\n
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