From boingboing.net:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/27/boardgame-pricefixin.html
A board-game publisher has begun engaging in price fixing, a practice newly liberalized in the US in the wake of a June Supreme Court decision. Yehuda sez,
Ranked number one at boardgamegeek.com, Puerto Rico is basically a game of economics. There is no killing, major conflicts, or much interaction between the players (in terms of mechanics) in the game. Everyone is allowed to do the same actions and may choose how to foster their economy independently.
The premise is that you are a [...]
So, Ben posited the question earlier:
I’m wondering, since the computer does a lot of the calculations for you does that seem to take away the “mechanic”. Picking a skill to use and rolling die are taken away and made quicker decisions for instance in Doom. Does that add or take away from [...]