Review
Copycat
Copycat is an overlooked deck- and engine-builder that has all the parts it needs: smooth, cheerful, and satisfying when your little machine starts to work.
- Published
- 2012
- Designer
- Friedemann Friese
- Publisher
- 2F-Spiele, (Web published)
- Players
- 2–4
- Playing time
- 95 min
I cannot quite see why Copycat never found a larger audience, or why it is so rarely mentioned now. It does precisely what it sets out to do, without making a ceremony of it: it is pleasant, tidy, and wonderfully fluid—the sort of game that rescues a Tuesday after work without asking anyone to read a dissertation first.
Its pleasure lies in watching your own engine come together more neatly than everyone else's. You build; the other players try not to end up literally wrestling with the rubbish cards; and the table acquires that small, satisfying tension I want from an engine-builder.
Its pleasure lies in watching your own engine come together more neatly than everyone else's.
WhiteColarGamer
If deck- and engine-builders are your thing, pick it up when you see it; it can usually be found cheaply. It is not a discovery that will make much noise, but it is quietly excellent.
It is not a discovery that will make much noise, but it is quietly excellent.
WhiteColarGamer
Source: BoardGameGeek
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