Hi there. Thank you for implementing this game on BGA. I feel it's got great potential for me and my friends, but as a newbie, and in thinking about teaching it to my newbie friends, there's one thing that I think would help us immensely. Could the player aids (Epoch Summary & cost of coins for each epoch) please be added as a graphic element in the playing area? There's a lot of empty space available as I currently see it on my screen, but if it seems too busy for you, maybe it could at least be an option that each player could toggle on or off? Anyway, it would really help us newbies who are learning the game to be able to see it all the time.
Additionally, when you hover over a card, it appears a little larger in a pop-up, but only a *tiny bit* larger. I'd love to see those cards come up even larger to make it way easier to see them. It's not like there's a lot of writing on them or anything, but the magnification factor on the cards as they are now is so small as to be nearly negligible. (Contrast that with the colonies cards which pop up at nearly 2x the size. And those could stand to be a little larger, themselves, even.)
Oh, and while I'm at it, how about one more slight alteration? Yes, if I know what I'm looking for and where, I can tell how many coins I currently have. But really, I'd love to see that much larger and bolder in my playing area so that my coins-in-hand is just so darn obvious. And possibly even the other key factors of how many cards I have on my board and what my food score currently is. Again, yes, I know I can count them up or look up at the score area in the top right. I'm just saying that for many of us — including for those whose eyesight may not be the best — the clearer and more obvious these things are, the more helpful they are, and the easier it will be for us to play and enjoy this game's implementation.
Thanks again, and thank you for considering these minor, but helpful improvements.
Additionally, when you hover over a card, it appears a little larger in a pop-up, but only a *tiny bit* larger. I'd love to see those cards come up even larger to make it way easier to see them. It's not like there's a lot of writing on them or anything, but the magnification factor on the cards as they are now is so small as to be nearly negligible. (Contrast that with the colonies cards which pop up at nearly 2x the size. And those could stand to be a little larger, themselves, even.)
Oh, and while I'm at it, how about one more slight alteration? Yes, if I know what I'm looking for and where, I can tell how many coins I currently have. But really, I'd love to see that much larger and bolder in my playing area so that my coins-in-hand is just so darn obvious. And possibly even the other key factors of how many cards I have on my board and what my food score currently is. Again, yes, I know I can count them up or look up at the score area in the top right. I'm just saying that for many of us — including for those whose eyesight may not be the best — the clearer and more obvious these things are, the more helpful they are, and the easier it will be for us to play and enjoy this game's implementation.
Thanks again, and thank you for considering these minor, but helpful improvements.
