In general, I would rather not ban cards that are "too strong" (without looking at a reasonable data set anyway), but definitely those that are annoying to play against. For all the reasons other people have said, the most annoying cards are:
Little Peasant
Work Certificate
So I would ban those two now.
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As for cards that are "too strong"? IMO there are a lot of "too strong" cards (circumstantially) in Agricola. It's why we draft, right?
From behind the veil of ignorance (not knowing if I'm the one opening the particular card), do I think Agricola is a better or more interesting game without cards as powerful as Trade Teacher or Beer Table? Not really. They're both strong, but by themselves they're not really game-winning against strong opponents and have some counter-play. They're both on a much lower power-level than the banned Caravan, for example.
As for "Surprise" VP Cards? I would hate Agricola if it didn't have some of them. Part of the fun of Agricola is never really being sure if your lead will last through the final scoring. So I like there being a few potential 6-8-point surprise VP cards. I think we're in a good place for those, currently.
-Marick
Little Peasant
Work Certificate
So I would ban those two now.
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As for cards that are "too strong"? IMO there are a lot of "too strong" cards (circumstantially) in Agricola. It's why we draft, right?
From behind the veil of ignorance (not knowing if I'm the one opening the particular card), do I think Agricola is a better or more interesting game without cards as powerful as Trade Teacher or Beer Table? Not really. They're both strong, but by themselves they're not really game-winning against strong opponents and have some counter-play. They're both on a much lower power-level than the banned Caravan, for example.
As for "Surprise" VP Cards? I would hate Agricola if it didn't have some of them. Part of the fun of Agricola is never really being sure if your lead will last through the final scoring. So I like there being a few potential 6-8-point surprise VP cards. I think we're in a good place for those, currently.
-Marick