Essen 06 is over.. so what new games did I get? None!
Yup that's rite... no new games (yet). But I did manage to get some OOP games which I've been tracking, and also the new Power Grid maps (Benelux/Central Russia).
Was waiting for this game to be reprinted (it's rated quite highly in BGG at #55). Apparently Alan Moon is planning to release MKII of this game renamed as "Baltimore & Ohio" and therefore it's unlikely he'll have UP reprinted.
No idea yet how it plays but I'll provide a review/report after it's been played at our next Meetup @ Games Circle.
It plays like Battle Line except it does not have the Tactic cards and the highest card value is 9 (instead of 10 in Battle Line).
I bought this game because i) I would like to add another fine Knizia game to my library, and ii) it has cuter graphics on the cards! Check out my earlier blog entry for samples of the cards.
For Age of Steam, I got four maps from Bezier Games - Pennsyvlania, North California, Disco Inferno and Soul Train. sigh.. I've yet to play my Scandinavia/Korea and France/Italy maps.
Sadly, it may seem the reprint dates for AOS may be pushed back indefinitely due to some dispute between Wallace and Bohrer.
Now, back to reading some of the rules.