I have a professor who thinks this is the best game ever. Personally I never heard of it before he mentioned it. Has anyone played this game or even heard of it. It sounds interesting but I don't know much about it.

I've played it a bunch. It is a good game but there is always at least one player that just can't get a break and gets so far behind that they have no hope of catching up. There are a bunch of expansions as well to change the flavor of the game and make it more complex.