Review: Kingpin
Posted by James (admin) on 29th October 2009
I’m always on the lookout for good 2 player games. Kingpin sounded great from the description and the Flash demo is a superb example of how to use the web to showcase and explain a game.
The game involves moving your gangsters (tiles) on a board in order to either control the centre area, get one of your gangsters off the other side of the board, or to totally eliminate your opponent. Moving your tiles and changing their facing is simple but very strategic, as each tile’s side has a different mix of attack and defence icons. Some tiles can support others, fire over spaces and charge in to a fight (called a raid and shown by car icons). So, Kingpin offers interesting tactical play.
It took a while to understand how to be effective. Read the rest of this entry »
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