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Pistolero wrote: ↑07 November 2022, 21:48 https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=315621689

just a real example that illustrates how a game is destroyed by those decrees.

lol, why would you go for science in that situation? you needed more coins for playing extra turn wonders, and you needed to watch out for opening order.

but it is one o the worst starts one can get. main play here should be surviving until you see chances!
even more so against an opponent 200 elo behind, you might leverage your experience.

Yea, sonetimes it happens

looks like a 2 turn win, not 1 turn -> it was counterable. Or am I missing something ?

Counter argument to pseudo-instant-wins: https://boardgamearena.com/archive/repl ... s=92384516;

and one more ... https://boardgamearena.com/archive/repl ... s=92384516;

I've almost had this happen.

I'm at around 2000-3000 Agora tables - I had one game where I won on the third or fourth move. Knossus, the go-again conspirator decree, the +2 blue decree, and the minus resource for wonder decree were stacked in my favour.

I actually messaged my opponent to offer to abandon but he declined even though a victory for him was an impossibility.

Unfair yes, but very rare. I still think Agora is much better balanced than Vanilla.