Dark Pact

So, in late Jan/Early Feb I heard Dark Pact was coming out soon and asked my FLGS to get a copy. One month later they were sure it was coming into their distributorship “soon” and a month after that it was sold out at the distributorship and they never got a copy. It is things like this that make me wonder if they are money-laundering front for … someone1. (Despite that they have a pretty good selection of games). So I got it from Amazon. I don’t like Ascension, the game Dark Pact is closest to (IMO). Looking at my archives2, I never really get into it, but there are a few things that jump out at me. The random nature of what’s available at any given moment means that often the game is decided by “Oh, he bought a great card, a terrible card showed up. I bought the best thing available … and the next person got a great card.” At least, it feels like that. (Or you can get combat points when you want money points and vice-versa). It’s a snowball, but it takes a long time to roll…