player60523 wrote: ↑01 July 2023, 22:42
I noticed that most people only play this game with 2 or 3 players, despite it being best at 4 according to BGG. Why is that? Is this game actually better at lower player counts?
The same can be said for Barrage, a game that is supposed to be best at 4, but is played too often with only 2 players. What's up with that? What is your opinion on player count for these two games?
I suspect player counts on BGA are more likely a function of : arena setup and ease with which you can find players and finish games in a reasonable time.
Arena games with 3-4 players are brutally slow affairs so tend towards lower player counts to simply service that group of players.
Similarly, for me, casual play tends to be mostly with the couple of people I know and play with regularly, so more 3-player games even if the games are better with 4.