I've found a few small things in 7 Wonders that could be easily improved:
- If a card has already been built, put the red x on it instead of the green mark. Yes, when you click trying to build it you'll get an error message, and pro players remember all the cards that have already built, but still…
- Olympia, side A, Build for free bonus. I guess I may be the only one finding it annoying, but for 99.9% of the time Build is the topmost ability, meaning that when I want to build I don't even look for it. And then very rarely the topmost ability is Build for free, which means that the first time I always misuse the ability because I completely forget that it replaces the normal action. Even worst, it allows to build for free a building that you can already build for free, so you go to build a free building and mistakenly end up paying for it. It should at least be hidden on cards with a green checkmark, and then if possible either moved in a different position (and that should be easy) or used as an option (but that would be more complicated, I guess, as there is no "option framework" in place for this game)
- What about an initial "turn" to analyse the situation before the game start, completely disconnected from the normal turn time counting? Unlike most of the games this is heavily influenced by the initial setup, and with up to 7 players it can be a very complex analysis, some "free" time to check what is the situation before starting would really help. In case of Wonder selection players can use that time to check the table, but it will still consume some of the overall time, and in the case of random selection you are already taking your first move without even knowing where you are. New players may not even remember all the wonders in details and have to spend some time to check what their stages and their immediate neighbours -at least- stages do...
