Review: Terraforming Mars

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This all smacks of @SpiceTheCat and my experiment with 1775. More fun in our retelling of the turns and putting a story to it than in actual (frustrating) gameplay.

1775: Rebellion. Shall we defy Hexwar and try multiplayer?

I bought 1775 in the certain knowledge I’d never get to play actual people, but I’m feeling optimistic. The multiplayer looks like the most pathetic uninterested implementation ever, with apparently no way to name games, set up private games, or do anything much. The reason I think this could work is that the multiplayer lobby is a howling wasteland, so the chance of an interloper joining are slim. If anyone else has 1775 gathering pixel dust on their iPad, we could try doing a synchronised st…