Here is an interesting example.
https://pl.boardgamearena.com/gamerevie ... =489797520
After move 44 you can see my opponent has pretty much lost already. He chooses to spend his gold and continue the game normally, which leads to a pretty one sided win for me.
If we look up what came up from each deck in later turns you will find, that had he taken gold on move 44 and never spent any gold or pearls I would eventually run out of of purchasable cards. I could build 1 card with a pearl I would steal from him with my 3rd crown and after that the board would be all pearls and 8 cost red card.
If my position was truly winning then it would have been truly not winning because his only reasonable choice of moves would be to stop me from winning. Thus assuming we are both playing our best moves, we would never end.
That is a design flaw. A minor, but in my eyes undeniable. I can't say that I don't understand why would people argue it is not a problem with a game, but I think it is foolish. I suppose it would be easier to accept if I called it imperfection instead.
https://pl.boardgamearena.com/gamerevie ... =489797520
After move 44 you can see my opponent has pretty much lost already. He chooses to spend his gold and continue the game normally, which leads to a pretty one sided win for me.
If we look up what came up from each deck in later turns you will find, that had he taken gold on move 44 and never spent any gold or pearls I would eventually run out of of purchasable cards. I could build 1 card with a pearl I would steal from him with my 3rd crown and after that the board would be all pearls and 8 cost red card.
If my position was truly winning then it would have been truly not winning because his only reasonable choice of moves would be to stop me from winning. Thus assuming we are both playing our best moves, we would never end.
That is a design flaw. A minor, but in my eyes undeniable. I can't say that I don't understand why would people argue it is not a problem with a game, but I think it is foolish. I suppose it would be easier to accept if I called it imperfection instead.