If you, by a chance, are Portal's fan, you may be a bit surprised. Why Rebel is publisher of the game. Portal was presenting cover, Portal was talking a little about the game, Portal was testing the game and showing on some conventions...
So, what the hell?
It is time to explain. Why I spent more than 2 months testing the game, sharing my opinions with author, improving some elements and finally, decided not to do the game.
Am I crazy?
Yes, no doubt about that.
I like Basilica a lot. I played nearly 50 test games of it (I havn't won a single game!) and saw that every week the game gets better. I had a slogan that was to be put in advertisement of Basilica. It was: "Portal is doing tile game. A bloody one. Carcassone meets Neuroshima HEX"
It was just like that - Basilica is a very agressive game. If I ever want to do a tile game,it should be like Basilica, very brutal game, where every action is very important, where every move you make, makes your opponent be pissed off.
We played it a lot. I was the guy who was pissed off every single game. I lost of of my Basilica games. But I liked the game. And we were very close to publish it.
But finally, we resignated.
Here in Poland our friends sometimes tell us: "You are Polish FFG, you do Polish ameritrash, vivid living games."
Basilica is not an ameritrash.
When you play Stronghold, you see blood and action, war machines, soldiers, heroes.
When you play Neuroshima HEX, you see blood and action, tanks, soldiers, heroes.
When you play Basilica, you play great... eurogame.
Great eurogame, very good rules, but not to many blood and sweat.
We said to Lukasz Pogoda, author, that we have to be very precise about games we publish. We want our players to know what they should expect from us.
So we contacted our friends and Rebel and said: "Here is a great game. We can't publish it. You do it. This game is worth it."
They played prototype. They agreed with me. They do the game.
I am not publisher of Basilica, although I spent many hours with the game. I am a fan of it. I receommend it.
There is no 'Portal style" in it, no blood, story, no vivid, living characters. But still, it is a great game.
pozwolilem sobie wkleic recenzje trzewika...
W NH jednak, może dzięki grafice lub N RPG, to mi się dobrze udaje. Pewnie to kwestia wyobraźni, moja planszy szachowej nie akceptuje 
