About Magnifying Simulator:
Magnifying Sim is a casual strategy board game with dice rolling, where you compete against other players (AI), by annexing/conquering territories, building castles and army and purchasing technologies. The technologies can be purchased in auctions, which is the stupidest part of this game. You get to bid only once. If your bid is the highest, you get to choose one of the two technologies and you get the first turn. If you’re the second highest bidder, you get the other technology for free! The acquired technologies can be used to upgrade your troops (infantry, tank or air units). They increase your chances of rolling a succesful hit and dealing damage in combat. Combat, however, is not the key to victory. It seems that acquiring the right territories and building defences/upgrades is decisive. You have to do it early on, because, if you don’t, the AI will, and from there it’s a race against time that you can’t win. Attacks against other players weaken them and are useful for stealing their resources and victory points, which are provided for such things as most castles, territories, technologies, being Magnifico (the highest bidder) and other special actions. What ruins the fun for me is that dice rolling determines combat outcomes and the game itself is more of a casual race for victory points than a strategic war game. It would be more fun to play it against human opponents even the way it is, but unfortunately multiplayer and hotseat modes are not available. This game is not bad, that’s why I give it a thumbs up. I guess it’s worth the money, if you get it on sales. The AI focuses on VP and always plays in defense. With some trial and error you soon figure out that there’s only one way to play it against the AI opponents and win. This lack of strategical variety and RNG mechanics make Magnifico just a mediocre experience.
