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Hello,

In the game Targi, there's a mistake that 50% of players make. Not because they are bad players : because there is a game-changer that does not show clearly enough on their screens.

It's about a tent costing 1 salt, 1 date and 2 peppers : when it is played, your opponent gets only 2 pawns to play instead of 3 on his next turn. It is represented by one of your pawns becoming black (unusable) for that turn, but this is not visible enough and 50% of players forget it... ruining their turn, when not ruining the whole game !

I suggest something simple : in Through the Ages, when 2 players are at war, there is a black rectangle on top of the screen that remains until the war is finished, and this is perfectly visible. I suggest the same type of message is used in Targi in the situation I just described.

Actually, when you play that card, you get an alert message on your next turn stating that "your opponent will only put 2 targis this round". But, if I'm not mistaken, there is no message for the opponent.

So it would be just the case to duplicate the alert.

There is a message for you and your opponent.
Still, the message does not stay on screen for the whole turn, and a large proportion of players misplay that. This is why a message like the one for "War between players" at Through the Ages would be more adequate. People don't forget to react to war at TTA, thanks to that message.

utopialist wrote:There is a message for you and your opponent.
Still, the message does not stay on screen for the whole turn, and a large proportion of players misplay that. This is why a message like the one for "War between players" at Through the Ages would be more adequate. People don't forget to react to war at TTA, thanks to that message.

I had this problem for not realizing I had 1 less targi to play in a game just yesterday. But I didnt remember to get the message whatsoever. But considering it was a roundrobin tournament and I was playing 9 games at the same time, maybe it did show and I just skipped it.

But yes, I agree. It could be a little more explicit. Specially for turn-based games.

Any reaction from the developers or the webmasters on that ?
Thanks

No strong opinion on this. I think it's visible if the player pays attention, but since you say it happens a lot I don't have anything against making it more visible. Not sure a black rectangle would go well with Targi interface, though.

Please file this as a suggestion for Targi in the bug reporting tool so that I take a look at it next time I check on the game (might not be before a while, I have other things lined up).

Thank you Een, that's really nice. The bug is reported.