Board Game Arena

181-145, Ultoma
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=307247445

If you have time to do so, could you consider to share with us how you plan your first turns ? My goal is to take as many "recurring bonuses" as possible. 3 of the available 4 in this case. The reasoning is that they give a compound benefit if taken at the beginning of the game. That is w...

227 - 222 Alptrauma
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=301656294

p.s. Thanks for the tip, Mogri :)

I hope that it is not against the rules to post a replay that is a loss.
It will not enter the competition, obviously, but may give some pointers to anyone, who is trying to beat he Alptrauma.
Here I lost 213 to 219: https://boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=301499637

Marcus Aurelius wrote: ↑15 September 2022, 20:11 You don't play both end game goals and yet... you beat Ultoma. It's poetry.

Thank you for the appreciation.
End game goals make very little difference in a 2p game, so they are not worth pursuing in my opinion.

185 - 163, Ultoma
https://boardgamearena.com/5/gaiaprojec ... =300282965

The tiebreaker should be whoever used less "magician's help" wins. - That is how players can have some control over it.
The current tiebreaker is meaningless.

I have no wish to come to comment on the forums, but the new arena update demands it.

It is terrible!

Having read the "reasoning" behind it, I can say: No! You did not solve problems with this update. You only created problems.