Sometimes, you’re just not there when you needed to be when a game came
out, and you find that by the time you realise how cool a game might actually
be, you’ve already missed the boat and it’s too late to try and catch up.
Such was the case with me and Tannhauser...
I’ve never managed to get a game in of this, and people just don’t have
spare copies lying around to have a look through, but I’ve always like
alternative world war things, particularly those with a slight angle towards strange
creatures and interesting settings. I
also liked the look of the board and the idea that lines of sight were governed
by the levels that the characters were on, which was marked out by an
innovative colour coding method so you had to study the board carefully when
making your moves.
Then of course, I liked the characters, not quite steampunk, not
dieselpunk, but an interesting blend of the styles, with other things in the
mix that defied common description. The
game looks like Guillermo Del Toro decided to make a board game and this is
what he came up with, if Hellboy had shown up in the expansions, I wouldn’t
have been surprised.
But the interest in it wasn’t there, and fantasy flight have never been
one to keep pressing something when the interest has gone, so it’s no longer available
unless you’re willing to part with large amounts of money for even the basic
set, and for a game that I’ve never played, I’m just not willing to take the
risk.
However, I’m willing to be convinced that I should...
