Star Realms

good game

Bought the physical game randomly on a vacation trip, and for a quick filler it is ok. The art is nice enough and it's over relatively quickly. But it's too random to be a proper game. There is some skill, but it's nigh irrelevant compared to the simple luck of the draw (both in terms of what cards you can buy to add to your deck, and what you draw from your own deck). And in the online competitive Arena it's even worse due to all the expansions tacked on, with the worst offender being Secret Missions (both players draw 3 cards each; you can complete one per turn and get a little bonus, but when you complete the third it's instant victory - this exacerbates the randomness of the market to a ridiculous level, basically whoever has the cards they need show up first in the market wins). On the bright side you can try it for free and see for yourself (base game only, which is arguably better than when it has a bunch of expansions added), but in my opinion it's not worth spending money on. Also keep in mind it has all the predatory elements of modern "gaming" - lootboxes et al - while not really being free to play.

Great game. Well designed with good balance and depth.

Its a lot of fun and keeps me smiling

Simple yet fun, a very enjoyable game

You gonna get a huge win streak after not playing for a month, then you gonna get a huge loss streak, then you gonna get a huge win streak, then you gonna get a huge loose streak. So rigged is dumb. Give me Elo system and rng, stop trying to manipulate psychologic the players, no one is gonna play this for more than a day even because the rigged you guys did for the game is too obvious.