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Jest Phulin wrote:I agree with Daggerheart. The number of meeples one has is limited on purpose. Deciding whether or not to lock one up for the duration of the game in return for a potentially large payout is an important element.

Someone hijacked your account? You agree with me on something??? Can't be true.

Field scoring is key to make the game really good. It's about the fine balance of number of meeples, creating a perfect game.

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Thanks for the tip. I get it guys. I just wish it was more about playing games then getting a good ranking. FYI, I just checked all of the Carcassonne tournaments and not one includes expansions. Not as much fun to me... The world championship is played without expansions. I consider Carcassonne wi...

In many games there are tournaments to join, and if you look at the ratings of many of the players there... you meet top 30 players also. In Carcassonne there are many tournaments, which are free to join for non paying members too. So basicly you can gain rank points and enter the top 10 by just pla...

I play in elimination tournaments and several times end up facing the same good players vs the end. Played only three games vs a guy (skilled player) and he had the benefit ALL three times. It was the reason for making the post in the first place. Still even a "rematch button with alternate sta...

-1 This is extra information to keep track of that provides little benefit beyond the random start. The number of data points to keep track of increases close to the square of the number of players, so it could grow quite large for popular games. And, while the history of matches between players is...

I think BGA should keep track over who started each game, and alternate start if the same opponents meet again in the same game. Note: Only 2-player games. There are several games where starting is a benefit.

The player 'gunsung' has 113% winrate in Terra Mystica. Ok, he is no.1 ranked, but still...

I have removed the guides from BGG that are not mine.

One of you reported me to BGG and the moderator at BGG kicked me out of the BGG Facebook group also. I hope you guys are happy now. Well done!