Title: Shoddiest manufacturing I've ever seen
Product review: Don't even try to punch out the pieces of this game by hand -- use a sharp knife. Otherwise, they WILL get bent and broken. It's impossible to believe that they could be manufactured by the same company (Hasbro, which owns Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley and now Avalon Hill) that made the sturdy, HARD plastic pieces of Fortress America. Also, the pieces don't fit particularly well in the bases.The wave of board games imported from Europe in the past several years shows consistent attention to high quality of component manufacture and design. Hello! America is supposed to be the world leader in manufacturing ingenuity! Why are we making junk like the pieces in Lionheart?As for game play, it's like a cross of chess, Stratego and miniatures battles. Thing is, chess is better, Stratego is better and miniatures games are better. Really, Lionheart has nothing to recommend it.
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