Let’s Play: Way Of The Panda
August 16, 2018 by ludicryan
Ryan, Sam and Justin serve the emperor's wishes to vanquish all the evil human ninjas in CMON's fascinating Way of the Panda.
The guys duke it out to forcibly evict the ninjas that have overrun the province and then bring it back to prosperity by building temples, pagodas and markets. Way of the Panda is part worker placement and part ticket to ride as players must strategise across to boards to maximise their victory points. The combination of these mechanics ensures a huge amount of depth and a very close game.
What branch of government would you place a panda in charge of?
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No take backs! 🙂
Anyone feel sorry for @dracs having to stretch because not only was he seated on the opposite side to his deployment, he was seated with the sideboard between him and the map; if the sideboard had been any bigger he’d have had to be suspended from the ceiling Mission Impossible style just to reach. ? As for ‘Are Pandas People’ question – surely Panda is slang in the LGBT community for a bear of Chinese/East Asian heritage? ? If it makes you feel better Sam, I’ve never even played Warcraft, let alone quit it before expansions came out so I… Read more »
Surely they should be Bandits and not Ninjas. This would be more setting appropriate. And can we get a Water Margin board game please 🙂
Pandits!
That game looks quite interesting, flew right under my radar. Don’t have the budget to pick it up this year but might pick it up as a gift for my nephew who is a (or was) a panda fan.
Interesting game, it’s always a challenge with something so deterministic, with depth, to not get into endless take backs! I think the guys were very sporting in terms of both allowing and not abusing doing so. Not a huge fan of ticket-to-ride, which this reminds me of a bit. I do like the theme though, and love Pandarans in WoW!