Knowing that once this game is broadly distributed that the price will probably be cut in half makes it a bit difficult to fully recommend now. However, for those willing to blaze a trail it will certainly prove to be a worthy purchase. It seems uniquely capable of filling hard to seal gaps in a collection due to the zany approach that is lovingly draped over all aspects of the production. On the game play front it is definitely punishing and you WILL lose and potentially feel like there was no control over that due it being decided by an unfavorable outcome of a single random occurrence. If you can both stomach those instances AND realize there were probably ways to have played overall that would have made things teeter on less of a knifes edge, the games where things happen to go in your favor will taste all the sweeter. There also seems to be potential for some modest house rules to help get you over the hump if required.