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It’s almost as if the game is based on a huge degree of luck, and sometimes even when you “should” win it all falls apart, or you make a few bad plays but then it all randomly falls into place. Why is people’s first assumption that the coders created this ultra complicated hidden back end agenda to ...

If people accused me of cheating every time I made a sub-optimal play in a board game, no one would ever play with me because everyone else is claiming I’m a cheater.

Yeah, that’s what I thought across the board. It doesn’t make sense for it to be two losses.

I accidentally abandoned one game because I clicked the wrong thing. People who want to game the system on a for-fun board game site are……….a special class.

Lately, I've had multiple people offer to quit a game before the final play if it is about to be a tie, saying that a tie counts as a loss for both players. Is that correct? I don't know how rankings are calculated (and kinda don't care, I'm just playing for a quick game because I don't want to read...

Hens love roosters, geese love ganders
Everyone else loves Ned Flanders

I think most people on the site enjoyed it and appreciate the efforts of people involved with creating the site. It's a bummer reading the complaining negatives voices, and they often feel the loudest. Those getting indignant over what/how games are released effectively for free need to take a quick...

NCCCC, I feel you on this. I like this game a lot, but I always lose.

It feels very "tight," not a lot of room for error or missed plays. I think my biggest improvement will be if I just pay closer attention.

Is there a way to view the final score after that window pops up and then goes away? For instance, in Kingdom Builder or 7 Wonders Duel, after the game ends, I can look at final score and see how points were allotted, so I can figure out how I lost. But, in Thurn & Taxis I can't seem to find any...