Changes to Arena

[Nashebazon]

Arena should do the TE Construction and Warfare cards, as well as NO Support for the Throne.

These are the most common formats in non-ranked games.

[cdomes]

100000000% agree, not going to touch arena till the TE Strat cards are used as well as no support!

[GTSchemer]

I checked but it seems like those are likely the settings to persist for the first season, since they're the most classic base game version.

On BGA, experienced players normally get to vote before the next season starts on the new arena rules. At that point it could change to whatever wins the most votes.

[Jazzarm]

Yay to new strategy cards, nay to removing Supports.

Love em or hate em, Support for the Throne is a crucial part of the negotiation package. It's the ultimate bargaining chip you can use to buy safety from an aggressive neighbor, swing votes on a clutch agenda, or come back from a point deficit.

It's true support swaps are boring, though. I wouldn't mind having an option to ban those. And I am also in favor of removing Supports in 3- and 4- player games.