Review
M.U.L.E. The Board Game
M.U.L.E. The Board Game is a solid light economic game that keeps luck in its place and gives players room to make proper decisions. Then the pirates arrive and make it personal.
- Published
- 2015
- Designer
- Heikki Harju
- Publisher
- Lautapelit.fi
- Players
- 3–4
- Playing time
- 120 min
M.U.L.E. The Board Game did not disappoint me this time either. It is not trying to reinvent the economic game, but within the light-economic bracket it is sturdy, pleasant, and clear enough that you never feel an evening has been handed over to random noise.
At its centre is light economic management: you build your position and try to come out ahead without being buried under procedure. Luck is present, but it does not swallow your choices. That matters.
Luck is present, but it does not swallow your choices.
TheCuttlefish
Then there are the pirates. This is where the game remembers that there are people sitting opposite you: someone can seize the moment, put you under pressure, and turn a quiet economic contest into the story everyone is still telling while the table is being cleared. Our familiar insider.gr did exactly that and took a good, honest win.
It is not earth-shattering, and it does not need to be. This is a very good light economic game that plays smoothly, lets decisions matter, and gives pirates a proper chance to spoil your peace.
This is a very good light economic game that plays smoothly, lets decisions matter, and gives pirates a proper chance to spoil your peace.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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