Hello, i just recently played a game that, more than any other i've had with the expansions, struck me as completely unwinnable if the first player makes the correct moves:
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=415850186
Knossos was guaranteed for me, earning the +2 blue building token, and then a senator was guaranteed for me as first move to get the other two strongest senate tokens for Age I. Given that the opponent only had one extra-turn wonder and they used it pretty well here, was there any way that even an 800+ rated player could have stopped this? Doesn't seem like it to me...
BTW, this wasn't meant to hate on the expansions - i infinitely prefer them to the base game! These kinds of games being so much rarer in the expansions is what makes this noteworthy for me.
https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=415850186
Knossos was guaranteed for me, earning the +2 blue building token, and then a senator was guaranteed for me as first move to get the other two strongest senate tokens for Age I. Given that the opponent only had one extra-turn wonder and they used it pretty well here, was there any way that even an 800+ rated player could have stopped this? Doesn't seem like it to me...
BTW, this wasn't meant to hate on the expansions - i infinitely prefer them to the base game! These kinds of games being so much rarer in the expansions is what makes this noteworthy for me.