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Half of these „mistakes” sound possibly correct. I played a game vs tfmbot today and it performed much better than before! It played surprisingly well at the start. However gen9/gen10 were played just horribly (turning a somewhat equal game into 20vp difference).

I doubt corps’ ranking would make tfmbot play better. Looks like a short-sighted fix. What changes the odds massively in favour of CSM in said game is AGT/InventionContest and a pair of great steel cards (Carbonate/GhgFactories) that double with the heat preludes.

Cool bot! I think it would perform better with „Don’t SP Cities” hardcoded. There are some other frequent mistakes such as not taking greenery conversion lines.

Absolutely agreed with dizi. It’s terrible for 2p competitive play. Looks bad for other formats too.

The general rule would be to draft better cards regardless of AI in hand. You only need three tags — something will come along. The cost of drafting considerably worse cards is usually not worth getting AI online a gen or two earlier (it really depends on the scenario though). I figured you’re refer...

The title isn’t really accurate, but I think dividing some advice into 5 concise points is a good idea. That short list of mine featured overrated cards — „barely playable” was probably a bit of a stretch and maybe not the right fit — there’s a ton of worse cards. Nevertheless: DeepWell costs too mu...

Dealing 3 corps and 6 preludes would cause the opposite of the intended effect. A bigger sample reduces variance — the very thing that makes this game skillful. Personally I find dizi’s proposal way better. The game is fine the way it is anyway — chasing ideal balance in a card game is doomed.

I like the idea. I got some too. 1. AsteroidMiningConsortium is mediocre. SelfSufficientSettlement is awful — second worst prelude just after SocietySupport. 2. Overrated (in fact barely playable) project cards: SpaceStation/ImmigrationShuttles/ImmigrationCity/RadChemFactory/DeepWellHeating. The lis...

I think this issue concerns preludes the most. The prelude mulligan seems to be the only one that can be implemented in an acceptable way too. Cards/corps mulligan surely generates more issues than it solves.

Atrocious for 4p. Decent and enjoyable for 2p despite its obvious flaws. The map looks like it wasn’t designed with the prelude expansion in mind.

Kulikk wrote: ↑26 June 2026, 15:43 Quite straightforward to play for strong players and very mistake prone for not so strong ones.

I like this remark a lot. Wholeheartedly agree.