Received this game from Funagain Games yesterday. The production quality is very nice and the card art is interesting. I have a minor nit to pick about the box itself... If it's a card game, the box should hold a single deck of cards. Havoc (and many other card game boxes) require the deck to be split into parts (three stacks for Havoc) for storage. That's just a hassle and a nuisance.
Can't say much about the game itself yet as I haven't had the the chance to play it. It's essentially a "climbing" game with an historical theme pasted on. I don't mean this in a bad way. I like that the historical theme has been added to the game, but the game mechanic itself is independent of the theme.
The rumors and comments that H:THYW is "poker-like" is based on the fact that a "battle" (hand/round/trick) is determined by who has the best hand of cards and the card sets are scored in poker-like fashion (straights, flushes, straight-flushes, full house, pairs, two pairs, etc.) The game is not poker and not a poker variant.
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