Modern Art sans auctions – Reiner Knizia's Modern Art: The Card Game Review

I didn't know about this new version of Modern Art and I like it. The original had an auction mechanism to get cards and it melts your brain. This plays much faster and retains all the good stuff of playing your cards right to jockey artists into position for scoring. The nuance comes in timing your plays so you can get maximum value from your cards as artists wax and wane in popularity. The implementation here is very good. The rules could be explained a bit better but you'll figure it out after a couple of plays (and reading the rules!). Wish list: 1. Please make it WAY more obvious visually when our card play is out of turn (i.e. when triggered by opponent's play). In the haste of fast play I often don't notice when I'm playing a card that's not my turn and lose the special effect of a card. Either make the current player indicator WAY more obvious or otherwise signal that the card we're about to play is out of turn. 2. I often have to tap the Play button several times before it works. It visually reflects a tap (button looks pushed) but nothing happens. Please improve the response. 3. Please make the current round indicator more obvious. How about a line of circles with the round numbers in them and the current is highlighted. Gives a linear visual cue as to progression in addition to just a number.
Review by typo_kign on Reiner Knizia's Modern Art: The Card Game.