Hi guys.
I just discovered this game and I’ve been enjoying it a lot so far. In the game help, it was stated very clearly that
Of course, in the end, your skills will be the main deciding factor of who will win the game, but given two players of equal skill, an unfair setup can really skew the outcome of a game. Perhaps given the number of tiles on the board, the number of fair setups greatly outnumber the number of unfair setups, but this may still be an issue in a competitive environment.
I have only played a couple of games so far, so I’m not speaking from experience, and this may very well not be an issue at all. What do some of the more experienced players think about this? It will not surprise me if there is actually a natural balancing mechanism in place such that having your high-numbered tiles in seemingly useless positions would turn out to actually give you an advantage at another part of the board, but this outcome isn’t immediately obvious to me.
Thanks!
I just discovered this game and I’ve been enjoying it a lot so far. In the game help, it was stated very clearly that
I was wondering how true this is, especially for a two-player game. My intuition tells me that having your high-numbered tiles grouped together with other tiles of your own colour near the middle will give you a much better chance compared to if they are isolated and near the corners/edges.Note that this random setup does not give any player a noticeable advantage.
Of course, in the end, your skills will be the main deciding factor of who will win the game, but given two players of equal skill, an unfair setup can really skew the outcome of a game. Perhaps given the number of tiles on the board, the number of fair setups greatly outnumber the number of unfair setups, but this may still be an issue in a competitive environment.
I have only played a couple of games so far, so I’m not speaking from experience, and this may very well not be an issue at all. What do some of the more experienced players think about this? It will not surprise me if there is actually a natural balancing mechanism in place such that having your high-numbered tiles in seemingly useless positions would turn out to actually give you an advantage at another part of the board, but this outcome isn’t immediately obvious to me.
Thanks!