Campaign for North Africa Takes Forever

TL;DR The new game “The Campaign for North Africa” is infamous for absurd depth and complexity, where campaigns take an estimated 1500 hours to complete, where Italian troops require so much water just for their troops in order to boil their rations of pasta. bringing this to the family board game night from now on Don't forget the size of it too I like the implication that some or all players are waiting for so long to take their turns that they’re playing Monopoly to wait One of the pieces of technology you can research is game? because those effect of the rate at which unused fuel is gradually lost due to evaporation during periods of higher temperatures Richard, the man who made Campaign for North Africa: “The game’s publisher said, ‘We don’t know if it’s balanced or not. It’s gonna take seven years to play!’ And I said, ‘You know what, if someone tells you it’s unbalanced, tell them, “We think it’s your fault, play it again.”’” I'm going to LOSE IT

A screenshot discusses the notoriously enormous board game The Campaign for North Africa, while showing its sprawling map and components. The joke is that the game is so complicated and time-consuming that players might need another game, like Monopoly, to occupy themselves while waiting for turns; the quoted designer’s response makes the absurdity even funnier. People send this as a reaction to excessive complexity, overengineered rules, or projects that take absurdly long. EN: A screenshot discusses the notoriously enormous board game The Campaign for North Africa, while showing its sprawling map and components. The joke is that the game is so complicated and time-consuming that players might need another game, like Monopoly, to occupy themselves while waiting for turns; the quoted designer’s response makes the absurdity even funnier. People send this as a reaction to excessive complexity, overengineered rules, or projects that take absurdly long.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 14600 2024-01-16