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Growing Farm I have much more sympathy with banning - it is consistently the worst or almost worst minor on PWR. The only reason it isn't banned is really a philosophical one: can there be games where it is actively good? The answer is yes, but it is very rare and it takes an extremely strong playe...

I wonder if anyone has tried to get the lowest score possible on Solo Mode? I think this is a relatively easy puzzle compared to the solo highest score but I also found it really interesting. I managed to get lower than -700, and with better action order I think my setting can get to -710~-720 ish. ...

Is there a bug regarding cookery lesson in living hand? I tried it in one of my recent game and it only procs for my next occ. On all of the 3 occs that I played later in the game (which coincidentally are cards that was not in my opening hand), it does not give me the bonus point. I tried different...

Hi, just into this game for couples of weeks. Rule question. I am curious about whether it is allowed to replace a higher age leader with a lower one? For example, replace age-III Gandhi with some age-II leader. Cause I just had a 2 player game where opponent played Gandhi, so I put all my millitary...

@lFlowerl: The problem with this is that there are occs that do give food upon playing them. Think Patron or Bookshelf being in play, but Pioneer or Potato Harvester both give food just by themselves. These cards would make you able to afford two occs even while going to 0 food for a little bit. Wh...

@Rudi Writing Desk is what triggers first, costing 2 food. When I checked in on your game, it was round 3, and you just played your 3rd occ with Writing Desk, putting you at 0 food. You had no resources to convert (no grain, no sheep with cookery, nothing). The confirm button was exactly there for ...

Just played an arena game and it made me discover that I think is the core reason of objecting to banning weak cards. We all agree that banning strong cards creates a more balanced game where no one can play a first-picked braggert last action for 9pts. In other words, we dislike the outcome of the ...

Yes, D23 Pioneering Spirit is useless in most rounds, but it's great for getting veggies a little early. Remember the 4 cards that only apply to Cattle Market are useless in most rounds too. Yes, D76 Social Benefits is tricky to use, but I like playing it sometimes. I think if we are banning weak c...

I think you are going about this the wrong way, the question is not about wanting a possible option to play a card, because yeah, a possible option is always good. Would you have Pioneering Spirit over literally nothing? Sure! The real opportunity cost is taking that card over the other card. You c...

As I said in last post, I am more conservative about banning weak cards, especially minors. Currently, I think the banned weak occupations is perfect. My personal bannable weak cards would be: The occupation that gives you 1 point per fireplace/hearth. C084 Perennial Rye A76 Cob B38 Future Building ...