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I've played a few games by now, and once or twice I've seen people who missed out on potential opportunities opened up through effects like Combat stims and Stay calm, because they had hit the "Auto pass" button with one or zero cards in hand, not knowing they would be receiving additional...

You're probably correct that all players should know note-taking exists to take advantage of or not as they choose, but there is some onus on the player to understand the system they're playing under. If you're in an IRL tournament that happened to allow note-taking and just didn't notice the noteb...

Thank you for sharing your experience on this matter, yodamus... In particular what you said about this being just a game with no money on the line I think I might borrow that philosophy from you; it feels like a healthier way to look at BGA games.

Nothing in the BGA rules of conduct say we cannot take notes. What else is the "notes" feature supposed to be used for? Grudge-keeping for blocking my longest road and access to wheat, obviously :twisted: But on a more serious note, you COULD write general/specific strategies that you see...

My current views on the subject: keeping notes about certain actions/game variables is, mor eoften than not, something that goes against the original design of the game; it strips an element of uncertainty and awareness that these games may rely upon to raise the stakes, and to raise the skill ceili...

I'm opening a new discussion on this subject as I was unable to find any previous discussions speaking about keeping notes as a tactic while playing games on BGA. Be it the in-game notes section or a 3rd party program or physical pen and paper; and be it casual play, or arena/tournament play... I wa...

Me interesa! Soy todavía un piloto novato, aunque tengo algo de práctica a nivel novato, y me enorgullece presumir que uno de los pocos juegos de mesa "lujosos" de mi colección física es la versión base de Heat, así que, si me permitieran la oportunidad, estaría encantado de formar parte d...