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Domaine is the non-auction re-theme of L\u00f6wenherz, an interesting area control game where you try to carve out point-scoring areas by walling yourself off and expanding into other players’ territory. Mayfair loves to showcase giant versions of their games at conventions and this one is no exception. I had the chance to play on the map depicted above and found the size adequately pimped to large size but not so cumbersome as to drag the game down.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, since this was just a standard event, the creator of this set wasn’t around to talk about it. The pieces were very well made and had quite a bit of heft. Under one of the pieces, I did see a note saying “Scuplted by Action Terrain,” which I found out is a Vancouver based hobby\/modelling store.<\/p>\n In addition to terrain pieces, the game also sported painted knight figures for both player pieces and score tracker. If I had one criticism on the whole set up, it’d be that the trees force the player to put the pieces on top of the sculpt and it makes for a very busy board and breaks the visual aesthetic. I got used to it after a while but I think I’d rather see a better solution for the forest spaces on the board.<\/p>\n My large-sized victory:<\/p>\n As I mentioned, Mayfair likes to bring out their large-sized games to the convention and so they have most of their catalog on display in grand fashion. The biggest was Settlers of America game in the Catan line.<\/p>\n Mayfair isn’t the only company to put out large-sized versions of their games, Catalyst Game Labs brought a massive room-sized version of The Duke.<\/p>\n I did ask a bit more about this version and apparently Catalyst is willing sell a copy of the game at this size but when pushed for a price, the figure was easily in the $3,000.00 range. I think I’ll stick with my regular-sized edition at home.<\/p>\n Companies can afford to make large-sized versions of their games as marketing tool. It’s impressive but they do tend to have the capital and drive to pull off these monsters. Like Jenkin’s Game of Thrones, I find it more impressive to see casual gaming enthusiasts take on the challenge.<\/p>\n This version of 1812: The Invasion of Canada was really impressive. A massive board set in stunning z-scale (1:300) detail. I only got to watch this game for a little bit before being pulled away but I would love to get a game of it in on this epic map.<\/p>\n Another wide view of this great pimp-out of 1812.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n