Quoted from CraZ4Pin:

I'm always here to raise the obvious discussion ... why does everyone think Lawlor's next game is an automatic winner? Grand Prix? Nascar?? Monopoly?!? These are not some of the most collectible games around (despite some folks inevitably showing up to say they "think so and so is a great game"). It could be hit or miss. I really wish we had more talented young blood in the hobby to rave about then relying on old history (no offense Pat, sorry.)

Quoted from DaveH:

So are you saying that having the designer of TZ and TAF along with the third iteration of the JJP platform and a winning team doesn't increase the odds of a winner? Really CraZ?!? Even I'm not saying it is an "automatic winner". What I AM saying is that when you take one of the greatest designers of all time, combine him with the abilities of a modern platform that has the capabilities of intensely deep rules, you have a better than "hit or miss" shot of getting a great game out of it. Of course it isn't a guarantee, but the entire prospect is exciting to me because I'm a pinhead.