I am awfully sorry for writing in English, but even if I’m living in Germany for many years, now, I still have some troubles with the language, especially when it comes to writing…
Moreover, as time is always missing, English comes to me much faster and allows me to be more precise and specific.
FOREWORD:
First of all, I am most sincere when I tell you that I am really happy to have been a part of this community (and of BU’s before this) and to have had the chance to “meet” you all. I think you are an amazing group of people. Since BU, I admired and enjoyed the passion you put in the things you do, your humour, your dedication and care, your kindness, your creativity and, last but your least, your competing attitude. I am really sorry to have “lost” some of the “old” group and that I wasn’t able to be present on Skype…
I really would like to thank Andi and Florian, in particular, because you always worked hard to make me feel (and be) a part of the group. You immediately made me feel more “home” and less “foreigner”, and this means a lot to me. Thank you, from the deepest of my heart, really.
Secondly, what will follow doesn’t want to be a criticism that comes out of mere frustration, but it’s my way to pay my respects to David’s great effort (you did an amazing job, really) and to your dedicated work, giving my contribution with the hope to help to improve this nice game even further.
I am really thankful for the work and the commitment David put in this project and I was (I am) really grateful to have been give the chance to be a part of it.
So, please, always keep this in mind when you’ll read what follows.
That said, I will add, for those who know me less, a note about myself (so that you can better understand from where my point of view comes from)
Games have always been an important part of my life. They have been both fun and work, so I look at them as the same time as a "professional" and as a enthusiast "user/consumer".
I’ve played (and loved) strategic games since I was a boy… and that is now a LONG time ago. So “strategy” (and people!) is my main point of interest, in a game.
Playing has many human aspects and is something I take very seriously, as it is (for me) one of the activities that is most revealing of the human nature: watching people play can tell you a lot about who they really are.
Boardgames are also the reason that created my first link to Germany.
I will divide my intervention in two parts.
The first one will be a brief Talpe Indomabili’s story of this 3 Seasons (the last one in particular) so that you’ll see yourself why the (bad) “luck factor” has started to spoil the fun…
The second one (more useful, I hope) will be about aspects of the game that have frustrated me so far and that in my opinion are a “bottleneck” for what could otherwise become a very good game.
Even if honesty have never brought much good in my life and in my relationships , I will express my honest opinion, because I believe that honesty will serve you better, if I truly wish to help you improve the game… but, even if I won’t repeat it every two lines, it’s just that: an opinion. My very personal one.
I mean no disrespect, in any case.
The fact that I spent hours of my time writing these words, is, in my world, the best sign of how much I loved and respected your work.
If I didn’t care, I could have just walked away.