Great but needs polish – Warlands Review

This is a great game. Simple and yet offers a depth of strategy. One of those great "easy to learn, difficult to master games". Sadly, I can only give it 4 stars at the moment. What it lacks is a bit of polish. The interface looks like something that could be whipped up in Power Point in a few minute, which I'm certain has stopped more than a few people from looking at it. My suggestion: spend some time on the appearance. Make the game board look more like a game board. Bring it to life a bit. Consider not using such simple pictographs for the terrain. you could even use something like an appropriate Chinese character. This would give the game the look and impression of being older than it really is. Also, explain the mechanics in the instructions a bit better. Or better yet, show them a little better in-game than a random number flashing on screen for a split second. But seriously, this game has a great solid concept. Give the interface some love and I'll give it that extra star. And I'm sure others will too.
Review by Fhsurbfj on Warlands.