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Agreed. To those considering adjustments, this is one where the fewer players makes it even weaker. It's particularly weak in a 2 player game (which I almost exclusively play) -- if your 1 opponent doesn't conquer (without covering up via Isolationists or Nomads), it leaves you very few options. I p...

Really interesting quirk -- I have not had that happen to me yet, so appreciate the heads up. And while I never want to agree with Poser I guess with this one, I do -- especially given there's another circumstance where that happens.

In theory in the game rules, it should be the person with the lowest numbered capital city mat (i.e. mountain is labeled 1, or if that's not in play, it would be wetlands #2). I'm not sure how BGA has been configuring it, but this hasn't been the case for most games I've played. Not sure if it's a ...

You can check the log. There is an entry for who is the first player. If I remember correctly, it’s the third entry in the log. But is there a way to tell *before* that shows up in the log -- before we pick civilizations. There are times where my civilization decision would depend on who goes first...

I don't chose this Civ often, but when I have played it, I don't always bust on the second time. And I've seen others play it somewhat regularly, and roll 3 times and get clear. So unless you've offended the Alchemy Gods, hopefully it's just a small sampling of bad luck. But you raise a good point. ...