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I played a total of 108 games in season 20. My arena rating peaked at 1990 after 98 games. So this is an average of about 1 game a day over the season. It should be possible to win a season with less games if you are very consistent. I had a 1st place win rate in 3p games of about 90% over the seaso...

I agree with everything Fugacity said, except the comment about heat. Heat production is very important. Moreso in 2p than in 3p, but still very important in 3p. In data gathered from high level head-to-head 2p games on steam ending in generation 9 and 10, the player that produced the most heat had ...

I like hearing the reasoning for your decisions. Your choices make a lot of sense in that light! My thoughts (opinions): Generally against Ecoline, top priority is to deny Terraforming events. An efficient Ecoline player will win most games that end in generation 8-7. So slowing the game, or at leas...

Losing 16 games in a row should not be just bad luck. With that said, your opening options in this game were really unfortunate. Your prelude options are terrible. Statistically from 3p games on BGA, your best prelude is ranked 23/35 (https://github.com/RuneDK93/terraforming-mars-dataset/blob/main/p...

Check out this thread on meta data from BGA: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36264 Some of the discussion is based on actual BGA data from season 18 (1,500 top ranked 3 player base games) and season 19 (1,500 top ranked 3 player base game + Preludes). You can find the source data he...

Hi Rook, Thanks for posting a game for review. I think reviewing games with high rated players is instructive for everyone! I will let you know my blind thoughts as I look through the game. Opening Hand Notes before seeing your pick: Credicor is an easy pick over Inventrix. Apart from a strong corp,...