Review
Knee Deep in Hexes
Knee Deep in Hexes is an honest, luck-free duel with the urgent economy of a classic resource-rush RTS. The rules are light, but repeat games develop teeth.
- Published
- 2024
- Designer
- Marcel Kraatz
- Publisher
- till5am
- Players
- 2
- Playing time
- 60 min
Knee Deep in Hexes is one of those two-player games that does not hide behind dice or excuses. It gives you a clean confrontation with a strong old-school RTS feel: race for resources, find the right opening, and do not hand your opponent the time they need.
The rules are simple, so you get to the real game quickly. The flow is anything but automatic, though. Every choice in the resource rush matters because the other player is watching, looking for the moment to get ahead of you or force a change of plan.
The two asymmetric factions create different lines of play, leaving room for openings, tricks, and bluffs; you can see a move coming and still not be entirely sure it is the move you think it is.
TheCuttlefish
The real stuff appears once you play again and both of you know what the other can attempt. The two asymmetric factions create different lines of play, leaving room for openings, tricks, and bluffs; you can see a move coming and still not be entirely sure it is the move you think it is. That is when it gets good.
I would like a little more substance in the box and a lower price for what is offered; the familiar small premium of an indie release. Even so, as a luck-free duel whose depth grows as the players learn each other, it is a very solid game.
Even so, as a luck-free duel whose depth grows as the players learn each other, it is a very solid game.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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