7 Grand Steps

1. Dudumanne

   Jun 9, 2013

   10

   This game is both simple and addictive. It's really fun to improve a family through ages with differents skills and to see the interactionThis game is both simple and addictive. It's really fun to improve a family through ages with differents skills and to see the interaction between pawns. Highly recommend for board-game lovers!… Expand

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2. Neptanto

   Aug 21, 2014

   10

   The game has sophisticated, deeply strategic gameplay which has a distinct "just one more turn" feel to it. What excites me the most, however,The game has sophisticated, deeply strategic gameplay which has a distinct "just one more turn" feel to it. What excites me the most, however, is the idea behind the game. Leading your family through the ages, it's like Civilization on a family scale. And to think that this game is only the first "Grand Step" in the planned series of seven games, covering only the Ancient history. The second game would cover Middle ages, and from what I've heard you would be able to transfer your progress from the first game. 7 Grand Steps - a great concept that i'd very much like to see become a reality.… Expand

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4. superatron

   Jun 25, 2013

   10

   Incredibly fun and addictive. Build a family over several generations with a gameplay that feels like a sophisticated slot machine. Not aIncredibly fun and addictive. Build a family over several generations with a gameplay that feels like a sophisticated slot machine. Not a game that you play on the subway or while waiting in line for a movie. This is the kind of game that takes commitment. Definitely worth it.… Expand

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5. carlosgtardon

   Jun 10, 2014

   7

   Extraño juego, pero interesante para investigarlo. Su mecánica y dinámica hace plantearse si llega a ser un videojuego o no pero quieresExtraño juego, pero interesante para investigarlo. Su mecánica y dinámica hace plantearse si llega a ser un videojuego o no pero quieres continuar usándolo.… Expand

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6. Overvulture

   Nov 9, 2015

   6

   I have no idea what this is actually supposed to be. It's sort of a board game, sort of a strategy game, and sort of a roleplaying game andI have no idea what this is actually supposed to be. It's sort of a board game, sort of a strategy game, and sort of a roleplaying game and exists as something entirely its own thing.
   
   Normally I'd call that a plus, but as you might have guessed by the gratuitously pretentious title, it's a game much more full of itself than it is actually well-designed. Playing as a family, you use tokens to move forward on a board that's constantly rotating towards a pit of crocodiles which represent failure to thrive. As you play, you might produce children, and one of those children moves on to be your next player character and start a new generation eventually. Choices you make, like neglecting one of your offspring, might affect you down the line.
   
   Pretty cool in concept, but everything is just so slow and boring that it lost me. I remained curious and entranced despite the repetition for a while, wanting to know where this was all going, but eventually I realized just how much time I was wasting clicking on tokens again and again. Every actual in-game action is so far removed from the overall story it's trying to tell that it requires you to bring your own personal narrative to things just to make it interesting. Coupled with a really self-satisfied writing style and a way of trying to sound philosophical without saying much, and my goodwill quickly faded away entirely.
   
   This was a bundle game for me, but I'm still not interested in playing any longer. That it sells for $20 normally is insane. Some people might find something of interest here in the unique concept - I do recommend giving it a try if it makes its way to your library via bundle - but everything it was trying to do just didn't work for me.… Expand

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7. civ5king

   Sep 4, 2014

   6

   This game is surprisingly addictive and fun. The object is to grow threw generations. I game this game a solid 6. Game play can becomeThis game is surprisingly addictive and fun. The object is to grow threw generations. I game this game a solid 6. Game play can become repetitive at times. Sound is not the best.… Expand

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8. McJazzhands

   Feb 3, 2020

   3

   The game itself has a really unique presentation in the form of a constantly rotating board game, but that's about where the charm stops,The game itself has a really unique presentation in the form of a constantly rotating board game, but that's about where the charm stops, unfortunately. Gameplay and movement is based on a limited number of tokens, but you can generate tokens based on skills and interaction with other characters on the board. Unfortunately, you don't make nearly enough to do much of anything before long, especially when you end up having children and need to feed them tokens to improve their respective skills.
   
   Again, the game has a lot of neat ideas, but is let down by the execution and the random events that players don't really have much control over beyond one choice, the outcome of which seems to be based on skills, but isn't clear enough to know for certain. Later phases (I only made it to the second stage) introduce the idea of generating clout, but don't explain it at all.
   
   I want to like this game, I really do, but I can't.… Expand

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