Increase Auction Points

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Patrick of the Isles
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Increase Auction Points

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Hello!

I was reflecting on the fact that in a few rare games it can feel as if bidding zero for a faction is correct - that the gap between the likely scores of the best and worst situated factions is greater than 30.

I also notice that in the official rules for the auction variant, the starting value is meant to be 40. There are other differences, but is there any reason why BGA Terra Mystica auction doesn't start at 40, to allow for greater flexibility in these rare cases?
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Een
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Re: Increase Auction Points

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If I remember correctly (that was some time ago...) the auction system implemented on BGA is a direct request from the publisher, based on / adapted from the Gaia Project system.
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Anadh
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Re: Increase Auction Points

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Sometimes I feel like bidding down to zero (or close to it) is the right move in terms of point differential, but it makes your life so miserable to not be able to accept leech that it's almost as if you were at a higher gap than 30 already.
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Re: Increase Auction Points

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Een wrote: 30 July 2021, 13:57 If I remember correctly (that was some time ago...) the auction system implemented on BGA is a direct request from the publisher, based on / adapted from the Gaia Project system.
What do you mean? Gaia Project has no auctions.
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Re: Increase Auction Points

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effaraitsch wrote: 09 October 2021, 12:57
Een wrote: 30 July 2021, 13:57 If I remember correctly (that was some time ago...) the auction system implemented on BGA is a direct request from the publisher, based on / adapted from the Gaia Project system.
What do you mean? Gaia Project has no auctions.
That was a long time ago as I said :)
I checked, it was a proposal on BGG https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/205323 ... 3#29914423
The publisher suggested that we use this system on BGA.
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