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I'd be interested to know what people think about the tactic of pressing "Call the Clock" very early in the game, either on your first turn or as soon as you've taken the lead, as discussed at https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=241271. As a reminder, the rules say During the final stages of...

The title doesn't say it all. What "does not work" about it? What happened when you tried it? It worked fine for me.

I hadn’t played the 5 column version before, but I’m enjoying it. It feels to me like it’s more skillful because you have to know how to play on the outer columns too. And you can’t be so easily defeated by one lucky sequence.

I agree. It’s a nice format but it’s too hard to get a game now. We’re stuck with it for the next 3 months, but I’ve submitted a proposal to the Gurus to change back to 2 players next season.

The only time I have noticed something like this is when I switch my tablet from horizontal to vertical or vice versa.

I've now played 41 games, and the stats are looking more like we expected. Playing first (13): W8 L5 Playing second (28): W12 L16 But still a long way from statistically significant (using chi squared test). What is statistically significant is the number of times I've played second. I've been signi...

I looked at my game history. I've only played 20 times, and that includes when I was new to the game, but my data doesn't support the hypothesis: in fact I've done slightly better as second player. Of the 8 games I was first player, I have W5 L3 (62.5% wins). Of the 12 games I was second player, I h...

Or play n times, rotating the first player. That is what happens in Lucky Numbers, for example. But maybe it would take too long for this game.

I agree that the first player has a big advantage, though I would like to see actual data on what proportion of the times the first player wins.

I get that it’s very frustrating to have a long bad run of luck. But are you suggesting that the game, or the developers, are somehow picking on you specifically and favouring your opponents? That doesn’t seem plausible to me. If something had changed, it would surely affect everyone.

Nekonyancer wrote: ↑25 May 2026, 14:09 I wrote a tutorial earlier today!

https://boardgamearena.com/tutorial?gam ... orial=2152

Thanks for the tutorial, @Nekonyancer. Just one correction: I believe the stars are not scored unless the row is properly ascending. (You said twice in the tutorial that they are scored anyway).