Wednesday, April 30, 2025

DUNE ONLINE

 

My friend Adam whom I met at Total Con, turned me on to this Dune online game site during Rising Phoenix. This, in return for introduc-ing the original boardgame to him at Total Con.

First of all, the interface is absolutely beautiful. Having said that, it can be a little confusing at first and may take some time to get used to first. It incorporates the Basic and Advanced games, plus all of the current supplements into the game. You can play other humans or some AIs that are really smart. Today, I witnessed the Atreides score a solo win. (I'm not sure I've ever seen a human player do that. But that may be more of a function of the players I used to play with. YMMV)

My only two quibbles are: the AI sometimes gets stuck in a loop and can take some time for it to get unstuck. The other is that I've yet gotten the hang of how to leave the game temporarily and then to return to it while it's still in progress. Grade: All things considered, I'd give it a solid A. Just thrilled to discover that I now have the opportunity to regularly play one of my all-time favorite board games.

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