Some reviewers will certainly call this a brain buster, others an intense meaty 2-player game, while others will call it a puzzle for two -- and all of them will be right, as far as they go. But one simple fact will overshadow all of these characterizations: this as a boring game. While the last few moves provide some degree of suspense (provided players don't already have such widely diverging scores by then that the outcome isn't already determined), most of the game between well-matched thoughtful players consists a combination of analysis paralysis and forced moves.

This game joins Knizia's other recent failed small games, Great Wall and Times Square, to form a disappointing trilogy. All of these game suffer from the problem that smart players, who grasp the math, will play to a slow motion standstill.