Personally, I dislike games that take three hours to play and hinge on the outcome of three or four crucial die rolls. Like in Twilight Struggle. Overrated? Oh yes. Two exciting decisions and one momentum-swinging-die roll per hour is not enough fun density for my tastes.

The rules are some of the best I've ever read though. They're fluidly laid out (despite being delineated in dry, numbered sub-sections) and contain interesting historical footnotes for every card.

Simply put, the WiiU can survive if they maintain their in-house software. I bought a WiiU, basically, so I could buy the next Zelda game. And Super Metroid for the third time. The problem with the WiiU right now is most of the games available are cross-platform. I could already have those games on the 360. And I do like the 360, and especially enjoy the XBLA, but after seeing the dashboard get more and more cluttered with junk, and reading about Microsoft's noose-tying, shoe-polishing announcement on the XBOX Nao, I'll stay off that sinking ship. And Sony has always been the high-end multimedia platform that Microsoft now wants to copy, which isn't my boat. I don't need the most powerful system if all it plays are Greened out military shooters and Dance Beat 16; I play retro classics and puzzle adventure games. So to sum up, Sony people will buy the PS4. Die-hard Xbox fans will buy, and be disappointed by the Xbox One. And Nintendo owners will make the switch if Nintendo puts out a few more quality games that only play on the WiiU.

Since my family purchased a WiiU last November, it has been the primary gaming console in my house (replacing the old wii, which had been gathering dust in the basement, and the Xbox 360). Nintendo's odd FB knockoff Wiiverse is pretty clever. The WiiU gamepad opens up some interesting possibilities. The system has promise, as underpowered as it is. I think lack of software is currently the biggest problem right now. We bought Mario, and played it to completion, and now there's nothing else, months after release. I own ME3 for 360, ZombiU and Ninja Gaiden III could be good, but I usually play with my 3 year old in the room, so murder simulators are out. That leaves a bunch of franchise party and dancing games, and maybe a Madden? We've gone back to playing old Wii games lately. Nintendo's launch titles have historically been more appealing. If there was a new Zelda or Metroid coming out, more people might bite the hook. I don't think the system is dead, but Nintendo's gotta get the ball rolling on some new hotness--because cross-platform games won't sell any more consoles.