![{006} My new Discworld: Ankh-Morpork board game.
Was actually getting a bit of buyer’s remorse about this, because I forked out for the Deluxe Edition which is considerably more expensive than the Collector’s Edition of the game.
On top of that, communication I had with the game company during pre-order process going back to last September was a little iffy. Emails I sent were responded to with canned responses that didn’t address my questions, and it wasn’t clear whether progress/updates would be communicated directly on their site, or from the emails I registered for updates for. Understandably they were busy, but I’m still irked when people send canned responses without checking that the canned response is actually relevant to the original email. They apologised for that, but it still wasn’t a good first impression.
With the communication hiccups, I was actually tempted to just not bother buying the game. I was afraid that the lack of attention to detail in their customer service would reflect the standard of the game itself.
The extra cost for the Deluxe Edition of the game is pretty much just for getting resin pieces instead of wooden ones. The product description suggested that was the only difference[1]. While they are nice, I’m not sure it’s worth the price difference of the Collector’s Edition. Not to mention the extra postage costs.
I haven’t had a chance to play it yet, just setting it up and getting my head around the rules. The mechanics do look pretty interesting, and I definitely can see aspects of Munchkin and Catan in this. But I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays.
[1] From the product page: “The Deluxe Edition of Ankh-Morpork has all the components of the Collector’s Edition as well as resin pieces instead of wooden ones.”](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxe0ysFKT01qz86zko1_500.jpg)
{006} My new Discworld: Ankh-Morpork board game.
Was actually getting a bit of buyer’s remorse about this, because I forked out for the Deluxe Edition which is considerably more expensive than the Collector’s Edition of the game.
On top of that, communication I had with the game company during pre-order process going back to last September was a little iffy. Emails I sent were responded to with canned responses that didn’t address my questions, and it wasn’t clear whether progress/updates would be communicated directly on their site, or from the emails I registered for updates for. Understandably they were busy, but I’m still irked when people send canned responses without checking that the canned response is actually relevant to the original email. They apologised for that, but it still wasn’t a good first impression.
With the communication hiccups, I was actually tempted to just not bother buying the game. I was afraid that the lack of attention to detail in their customer service would reflect the standard of the game itself.
The extra cost for the Deluxe Edition of the game is pretty much just for getting resin pieces instead of wooden ones. The product description suggested that was the only difference[1]. While they are nice, I’m not sure it’s worth the price difference of the Collector’s Edition. Not to mention the extra postage costs.
I haven’t had a chance to play it yet, just setting it up and getting my head around the rules. The mechanics do look pretty interesting, and I definitely can see aspects of Munchkin and Catan in this. But I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays.
[1] From the product page: “The Deluxe Edition of Ankh-Morpork has all the components of the Collector’s Edition as well as resin pieces instead of wooden ones.”
