The Catapult catapulted!!!

[koolkat]

One of this days I was complaining about the lack of movement on this forum but with the release of the Catapult expansion, I hoped that things would get different. And somehow they got. The "Expansion #7 announced" is now one of the most popular threads. After a little read here and a little read there, I got the conclusion that the fact of The Catapult being an action-based expansion didn't make a lot of success, did it? You see.... boardgamers ain't much the action style. I think they are more the think-and-then-play kind. The proof is that a variant has just been suggested on the variants section: to use the catapult tokens without the catapult, that is, use action tokens with no action. Now, does this mean that The Catapult was a "fiasco" but we can get some strategy-based solution to get a little success? Or shall we CATAPULT THE CATAPULT for good? 

[mathguy89]

I'm holding out hope until I actually get to play it in a real game.  The funny thing is that one of my friends opened the box, took out the catapult, launched a token; and offered to build me a better catapult.  So that's going to be a Christmas gift.  We all figured that a catapult that launches a token in the air 4 or 5 feet and forward all of 6 inches really isn't good.

[Gantry]

Maybe they should have built it using Lee Valley's plans

[Deatheux]

this is not a catapult, this is an ARMAGEDDON to the placed tiles!! HIS will bash meeples off!

[koolkat]

I find that ARMAGEDDON theory delicious. Completely agree!!!

[koolkat]

Does HiG have a Catapult to catapult the catapult? 

[Deatheux]

or to catapult the designer of this expansion out, in the ortit...

[koolkat]

Yes, that would be even better. The game is great. But sometimes creators aren't (inspired). This way the creator would feel himself IN the game.