Silmaris is a well-written, beautifully illustrated strategy game that interweaves its systems with an excellent choose-your-own-adventure narrative. The story is delivered in a procedural and modular fashion, making it very replayable.
Resource management is simple (handled with dice) but adds the right mix of complexity and challenge. Your choices — what you can do in the story sections, and which goals to pursue on the map — are dependent on having capital to spend in any of five resource categories (war, diplomacy, wisdom, exploration, and spying).
This is a unique and highly polished game, well worth the asking price. It has strong King of Dragon Pass energy but carves its own path. Give it a chance!