by toinito
peakhope wrote:
I am curious about this as well. Like you, I immediately thought that stopping at every location might maximize your points.
You will try to stop as many locations in the first section of the game, yes, but then you will have to skip locations to maximize your score, 'cause it's a collection mechanism (be the first to finish a landscape, be the first to eat to have choice, take the farm location because it's the only way to earn money and there are majority bonuses to earn too, etc...).
Moreover you can play it "soft" (it's a family game after all) or be tricky and take the locations the other players want :)
So yes, it's not a deep-strategy game but most of my hardcore playtesters found it attractive at their own level of play/exigence. I hope you will too ! If not, your mother/sister/girlfriend maybe will and that will make me an happy designer :D
Antoine