Well, I thought I'd write a review on this game, but since there are only 5 posts here currently, 4 of which are reviews, I decided my time would best be spent writing a short session report and giving my thoughts on the game.
For the last few months my wife and I have been getting together with my parents for a weekly game night. This started as a game of Scrabble a few months ago, and has since turned into a quest for new and exciting games each week, since everyone was pretty happy with the standard Phase-10, I decided to purchase the "Masters Edition" the other night in Wal-Mart.
As you can read in the other reviews, this is basically the normal Phase-10 game with the optional rule that allows you to attempt any phase you want and also adds a "save" pile to your play area. Each round you can save a card to use in later rounds if needed.
The game itself went pretty well, although it was a little confusing on the different phases being able to be completed at any time, and as my father pointed out, it kind of made the game a little harder to play because you could normally develop a bit of a strategy (such as - "I better not put down any fives because to person to my left needs them" - and things such as that), it becomes more difficult to try and keep track of what everyone is doing.
The save pile worked out great for me, nobody else seemed to be using it until more towards the end of the game, but I was constantly putting wild cards into it as I got them, and as the game got towards the end, and I was in last place, I was able to pull out some fast victories in the final turns, bringing me up to second place.
The overall thought was that the Masters Edition was pretty good, but not great and nothing really overall better than the original. When we play again in the future, we'll probably end up playing the regular version and make a house rule to add the 'save' pile into the game.
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