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When you play Bandido in real life, everyone is talking about their hands and figuring out what the plan is.

This is hard to do with strangers online, but if there was a game setup option to have all players play with their hands revealed, then no one would need to communicate through chat except for strategy. Everyone can see what the other players have and can make their decision based on that.

I feel like it could streamline the game a lot with strangers. What do yall think?

Don't much like the idea. I don't discuss cards in real-life or on BGA. I think this was discussed in another thread, and most people thought that discussing cards in hand was not appropriate.
https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... 94&t=18293

It's all part of the fun and consideration when you play a card. Play is much faster and solves the quarter-back problem. Overall, the game would be much easier if you can say things like, I have a U-bend card.

I have discussed general strategies with my playing partner, so we kind of know (without saying) what the other one is trying to do.