Feudum

After the disappointment of Grim Darkness of the Future, Feudum was the return to the burning haze and psychedelia I needed. It is one of those heavy euros with all the ingredients I look for, without leaving me staring at the ceiling while everyone else finishes their turns.

At its heart, it is a heavy euro with plenty to manage and decisions to weigh. The game asks you to keep track of many things, but its flow never bogs down: downtime is almost nonexistent, which is genuinely impressive for a game of this weight.

That means I stay engaged with the game and with everyone else’s choices, rather than checking out between moves. There is, however, a little more “mush” than I would like: not enough to turn it into a chore, but enough to make me feel that some elements could be cleaner and less overloaded.

In the end, I liked it quite a lot and I would happily play it again. I just do not consider it game of the year material: I see some balance issues, along with that small amount of unnecessary complexity, keeping it one step behind the truly great ones.