Analyse the Mechanical Design of a Classic Board Game for Its Elegance

Elegant game design is not about simplicity. It is about rule economy: every rule doing multiple things, decisions that have meaningful consequences, and a central tension that does not collapse after five plays. This analysis goes beneath the player experience and examines the mechanics themselves, including the design compromise the creators made and why.

Analyse the mechanical design of {GAME_NAME} for what makes it elegant or inelegant as a game system. Focus specifically on:

1. **Rule economy**: how many rules the game uses relative to the complexity of decisions it produces. Does each rule do multiple things?
2. **Decision depth**: how meaningful the average decision is during play. Can skilled players consistently outperform random choices?
3. **Feedback clarity**: how clearly the game communicates the result of a decision during play
4. **The central tension**: the core dilemma the game places players in repeatedly, and whether that tension stays interesting across multiple plays
5. **The design compromise**: the one design choice that most limits the game and the apparent reason the designers made it

Write for someone with game design interest, not just a player.