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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Kingsburg in Tabletop Games

Aug 24, 2018

Kingsburg

2007 | City Building, Dice Game, Fantasy, Medieval

8.2

(5 Ratings)

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Simple and easy to understand game (1 more)

Mitigating your dice and figuring out how to use them is the fun part

Dice allocation for the good of the kingdom.... and yourself.

The game is about defending the kingdom from invading armies that get progressively stronger every winter. so the other three seasons are about building up your kingdom by building buildings that are defensive or make you stronger in other ways. Some defenses are better against goblins, or maybe Zombies, build a church and get a bonus against demons... The game lasts about an hour and a half depending on how quickly people take their turns. There's not much analysis paralysis, there is a clever mechanism of choosing how to use your three dice.... lets say you roll a 1, 3, 6: You can place it on the total number, a combo of the two of them or a single die value, and each number on the board gives you different returns. Not nearly as difficult as Castles of Burgundy, this is a good entry point into dice allocation games. I like it.

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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) Aug 24, 2018

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Ducklady (1174 KP) rated Cats (2019) in Movies

Jan 15, 2020 (Updated Jan 15, 2020)

Cats (2019)

2019 | Musical

3.8

(16 Ratings)

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*shudders*

I have never seen cats before in the theatre, so I thought a film would be a good gateway to knowing a bit more about it. I was so wrong. From the opening scene I was instantly confused. I had no idea what the word Jellicle meant and they just kept repeating it. The scene where they were talking about their names didn't make any sense. They kept saying they had 3 names when they only mentioned 2? Hmm..
The CGI was incredibly off-putting and a few times in the background the cats looked like creepy demons, nightmarish.
The repetition in the songs really grated. The scenes didn't flow well and I felt like I was watching 1 big scene that didn't connect.
The shunned glam cat confused me so much as I couldn't work out why everyone hated her, seemed super forced.
The Jellicle ball seemed to consist of a whole bunch of performing cats competing to...die? And possibly be reborn?
Meh
Either way, don't watch this non-sensical, plot-lacking disaster.