Crown Of Roses

[Nefaro]

Anyone play this War of the Roses grand strat game from GMT? 

I vaguely recall playing AH's old Kingmaker back in the day and enjoying it despite some of the rules being a bit confusing at the time.  So this looks like a bigger even more confusing ordeal but it's card-driven and has some sneaky influence-peddling backstabbery nobility stuff.   Oh.. and dice pool combat (thank god). 

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36480/crown-of-roses




A couple intro vids out there:

I took the plunge after seeing it on sale for $50 at NobleKnight.  I originally went there to check their pricing on Pax Romana or Sword of Rome 2d Ed but stumbled on this.