Match of the Century - The Follow-Up to Watergate? We Just Played It!

Match of the Century feels like next in a line of games that started with Watergate. They're from different designers, but that DNA is in there for sure. 2-player, asymmetric elements, tug of war, revolving around a historic event -- it has all those elements, but completely different at the same time.
Find out how it differs, and who this game might be for, or maybe who it's not for. We Just Played it!
Copy of game provided by the publisher.
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[@pnutbutrncrackers]

Just ordered. I'm pretty excited. Looks like a chestnut to me.

[@RulebooksForYou]

Looks pretty awesome!

[@edmundengland]

Love the theme

[@jameskirk4692]

Thank you very much for covering this interesting game. I was always kinda interested in Watergate game, mechanically and strategically, but the political theme always put me off and prevented me to ever even learn the game. So I think this one might great one for me. Especiay since I do like the chess in general so the theme might be elevating the gameplay in this game for me. I would love if you would do a playthrough of this game live, like you mentioned you might in the future. I really would love to see you two play this game.

[@NickBentley]

As a great lover of abstract games, who reveres the classics, I feel strange about this. On the one hand, it honors Chess. On the other, the game doesn't seem to have the features that makes the classic abstracts great. It seems like a fairly shallow game about a deep game. I am delighted by the "game about a game" inception-y quality of it though.

[@meeple]

If only someone would make a game about a game about a game.

[@paulgruber3384]

Seems like making a very simple mechanics (comparing numbers) artificially complex

[@meeple]

I don't think it's complexity for complexity sake. The added layers bring more variables so that players have more opportunities to navigate the game (make good decisions or bad) -- like when euros make players go through steps to achieve otherwise simple tasks.

[@paulgruber3384]

@@meeple I agree, but your last comment is the point. Also in euros things are made sort of complex/elaborate while not adding more puzzle. I like games with new witty mechanics.

[@RobertGerman]

The cards give me Twilight Struggle vibes

[@meeple]

I can see that

[@12345678abracadabra]

Weird because there was that terrible Queen's Gambit game a few years ago.

[@meeple]

Never played that one. I feel like it's best to consider this a game themed around a historic event (like Watergate) instead of a game for chess fans. 😀

[@eMpTy0911]

There was a bad game with a similar theme so this must be bad as well? That is a weird argument indeed.