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I think the suggestion being made it to line up all the cards of each deck, faceup, so that the exact cards and exact order of reveal will be known at the start. Making it similar to Patchwork.

Sorry, I obviously wasn't clear. All the stack should be face up in a row next to the active cards. So you know what the 2nd, 3rd etc cards to come into active play at each level will be. So it is perfect information. In practice, you would probably only need 10 or so stack cards face up at each level for a 2-person game, as it's rare that more than that are used.

Thank you FrankJones, that is exactly what I had in mind. My reply was to Ceaseless.

doctorchris wrote: ↑22 December 2025, 18:06 Thank you FrankJones, that is exactly what I had in mind. My reply was to Ceaseless.

Well, you have to understand. ceaseless is trying ceaselessly to ceaselessly improve the game and ceaselessly respond to suggested improvements with the goal of ceaselessly improving the game.

(I say this with all due respect, because ceaseless has ceaselessly shown to be an expert player, and I ceaselessly give ceaseless ceaseless accolades.)


[Did I mention I like drinking large quantities of Bourbon ???]

(Don't be fooled by the seeing absence of typos. I had to backtrack and re-type a few dozen times in this post). Which is not easy to do after drinking this much Bourbon. )

FrankJones wrote: ↑23 December 2025, 00:18 (Don't be fooled by the seeing absence of typos.

doctorchris wrote: ↑22 December 2025, 18:04 Sorry, I obviously wasn't clear. All the stack should be face up in a row next to the active cards. So you know what the 2nd, 3rd etc cards to come into active play at each level will be. So it is perfect information. In practice, you would probably only need 10 or so stack cards face up at each level for a 2-person game, as it's rare that more than that are used.

I got too used to thinking of stacking referring to the top card of the deck for unrelated reasons and misread your post that way. That was my mistake.

doctorchris wrote: ↑21 December 2025, 17:51 What would the game be like if all the stack cards were visible rather than hidden? Laid out in a line on each level with the closest to the table the next to come into play.

So I ended up reading it as the top cards making a vertical line covering each level, though I have no good answer for how I would account for the closest to the table being the next to come into play bit, lol.

doctorchris wrote: ↑21 December 2025, 17:51 Has anyone played the game like this? As a physical board game I mean, as there is no option for it on BGA. Are there any drawbacks?

I haven't. Information overload is one potential issue, there will be some tables that will make clocks mandatory under this rule . Some players probably like the risk/reward nature of messing with the top card too. I'd probably prefer having it all be perfect information though.

Yeah, I like games with perfect information.

[Checks notes so I can make a major brag:] :

In games with perfect information (Pente, Connect6, Kulami, Patchwork):

I have 79 wins, 3 losses, and two draws.

FrankJones wrote: ↑23 December 2025, 04:56 Yeah, I like games with perfect information.

[Checks notes so I can make a major brag:] :

In games with perfect information (Pente, Connect6, Kulami, Patchwork):

I have 79 wins, 3 losses, and two draws.

ENJOY THE GAMES, BRO

One thing about this thread confuses me. Board Game Arena only publishes the official version of games. So isn't it somewhat futile to discuss possible rules modifications here? BGA won't add them unless the makers of Splendor do so first. Do board game publishers read these forums for ideas?

Zargov wrote: ↑25 December 2025, 12:12 One thing about this thread confuses me. Board Game Arena only publishes the official version of games. So isn't it somewhat futile to discuss possible rules modifications here? BGA won't add them unless the makers of Splendor do so first. Do board game publishers read these forums for ideas?

I don't know if they read these forums, but some games introduce requested changes , for example, function of removing overpowered cards in Wingspan.