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Ask yourself: what is different between Europe and USA that could warrant such a change? Because, trust me, it isn’t an oversight. It isn’t a “oops, we forgot that USA has 4 when we were making Europe”. This was a conscious decision, and so I ask you to ask yourself: what could have been the reason ...

It’s so weird to me how, in these forums, there seems to be a culture of excessive respect that borders on a kindergarten class. If a question is dumb or out line, no one can push back on it because they will be criticized for losing composure. The original question in this topic is valid and must b...

Biggest problem with UK map is you can only play it either without the Advanced Technologies or 2 players max. If you play more than 2 players with Advanced Technologies, the players who start 3rd or later can never win the game, because the first two players should always buy Water Tenders turn 1,...

ChatGPT often gets stuff wrong, and for board games, that “often” turns into “all the time”. Please don’t use it for board games. If you do use it, please don’t post what generates online as truth if you can’t personally verify and vouch that it’s the truth.

Absolutely incredible game for its size and simplicity. Played on BGA, then printed a PNP copy. Was a hit on game night with my buddies.

This is nuts to me. I vastly prefer the smaller cards (this game can be a table hog as it is, imagine with full sized cards! Not to mention there’s no text in the cards, which could be a reason to make them larger). The production in this game is top-notch all around. I love a game that doesn’t wast...

I’m a bit confused by the distinction you guys seem to be making between “gems” and “stones”. What are “stones”?

I only know of “gems” (of different colors), “pearls”, and “gold”.

There’s also an option to disable this. It’s literally called “disable” in an option called “End of game animations”, in the game settings panel. It’s literally much easier to find that than it is to find out how to post in these forums…

I’m very experienced at this game, having played it almost 1000 times. It’s very noticeable to me how much harder it is to win with Rhodes (the one who gets military shields), no matter whether I lean into its built-in military strategy or try to ignore/avoid it.

Is it just me?

There is a very simple way to fix this: play with the 1912 expansion and Mega Europe rules. This was the Arena ruleset last season. When the Arena reverted back to base game rules, I noticed how flawed the base game is without that expansion. Too few tickets, too much emphasis on taking the 6- and 8...