bonnyaclyde wrote: ↑27 July 2020, 19:26
Tisaac wrote: ↑18 July 2020, 11:59
bonnyaclyde wrote: ↑17 July 2020, 16:31
I have a request for an option you could turn on or off on Kingdom builder. That is to be able to see your next turns land card at the beginning of your turn at least for the first turn.
We always play this way after several very unenjoyable games where one player lost the game at the end of their 1st turn when they drew their land card and got an unlucky draw. This did not make for a very fun game for the rest of us to continue playing knowing that player could not hope to win. In those games that player was not always last but they never won.
If you add this mod my group would be very excited to play Kingdom builder on BGA.
I dont understand what you are suggesting. You mean you are playing with ALL the terrain cards already known ??
This would be a completely different game.
The rules say you draw a new terrain card for your next turn at the end of your turn. Our rules change that to the start of your turn.
So- At the start of our turn we reveal the terrain card we have in hand then draw a replacement which we keep secret in hand for next turn. Then play as normal.
I prefer to play this way the entire game as it reduces the luck factor in the game. Or you can do it just for the first turn to eliminate the second turn player elimination. Which ruins the game for me regardless of who it happens to.
So I understand what you are trying to do there, or at least, how you are trying to make it more controlled and less "random." But having seen how the game plays out in person, I think this would lend itself to extensive AP by certain players. Sure, some people are faster than others, but the idea now is that you get information about your next turn as soon as your turn is done, and you have the other players' turns to figure out what you want to do. Having 2 turns to plan out at the same time in this kind of game, with SO many options often available could add unnecessary AP to the online experience. Playing board games online all the time instead of in-person is depressing enough these days (because many of us in lockdown literally have no alternative) that I wouldn't want to do anything that would add MORE moments of silence in between turns. Of course, this may be specific to me, as I don't often play any turn-based games, and typically play over discord with friends. It just gets...pretty dull when peoples' turns turn into extensive think-phases over the Internet. I suppose I get it as an option for the game, but it is, as one poster said, rather antithetical to the kind of game this is. It just makes it a different game. In the 'real' game, you're supposed to be both playing the 'right' move' while also playing the odds.
