This game is dangerous. It’s near impossible to put down during a game. I think I’m just going to play for a turn a two and before I know it my legs have lost all feeling and my wife’s knocking on the bathroom door asking if everything’s okay.


And at the moment, the answer is always yes, because I’m still on the very easy levels, where trees are more dangerous than my actual enemies. Seriously they’re brain dead at this level. If they ever manage to disrupt my plans, it’s only ever by sheer fluke. I don’t have to be careful with positioning or worry about defending my territory, I just grow and expand however I like and eventually they surrender. The only challenge comes from trying to beat the levels in as few moves as possible.

It’s a very good way to get back into the game, but I’m starting to want a little bit more in the way of competition.