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I'm looking for a new game to learn and this one looks interesting, although it does have the highest BGG complexity rating of any game I've played.

One thing that worries me a bit is that I play only turn-based games, not real-time, and one of the instructional videos mentioned that players take turns playing one action at a time. Are there a lot of actions per game round? I expect turn-based games (at 4 turns per day) to take a week or two and I'm fine with that but if there will be many tens of actions per person per game, the pace may feel too slow. Any opinions from people who have played?

For what it's worth, I play a lot of Castles of Burgundy and Agricola turn-based and those are fine and the other game I'm thinking of learning as an alternative is Tzolkin.

Thanks,
Jack G.

Hello.

Gaia Project is perfect for the turn based mode. About 3 or 4 days max to finish a game at this rate (4 plays/day).

I strongly advise to watch this reddit thread to know the basics :
https://www.reddit.com/r/projectgaia/co ... gy_topics/

And this thread in particular to understand the openings :
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/204241 ... -recommend

edit : the best way to learn the game is the automa (mode practice, 1 player). Very hard to defeat

Thanks Marcus. I'll give it a try and will be sure to check out those strategy articles, over time.

Jack G.

jackg_tor wrote: ↑29 December 2021, 19:25 Thanks Marcus. I'll give it a try and will be sure to check out those strategy articles, over time.

Jack G.

I was unprecise, sorry, I wrote my response too quickly.

The best way to learn the basics but also to understand how to beat a player is the Automa. This Automat is perfectly adapted for BGA and the mode in itself is already a great game without consideration for the multi.

Try it, It help a lot to progress. And it’s hard

That's good to know. I'll play one or two games solo to get familiar with it before trying against other people.