Board Game Arena

Please could an additional game option be added for "All players have simultaneous pencil colours"? Basically the daily challenge format but with a sequence/deck that isn't fixed so it changes every game (and obviously independent of the daily challenge and its leaderboard).

This option would allow for fairer head-heads as both players will get the same starting station and pencil powers removing the imbalance that can occur in the current asymmetrical format. I'm not saying remove the current options, just please can we have an additional option.

That's not in the game rules (as you only have 1 pencil of each color in the box), and BGA usually doesn't allow house rules

The designer isn't strongly against the house rule, at https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/288858 ... ld-be-offi:

Matthew Dunstan wrote:Its a fair idea - the main problem is that this would require more pencils, or 4 different boards - both of which were beyond the production for the game.

And also, some players (myself included) quite like how divergent player's maps can be - showing all of the different networks in a single game

There's already a BGA suggestion open for it at https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=66244 ... with a comment that suggests you can already play the Daily Challenge with multiple players at the same table, at the same time? Although that does limit you to one shuffle per day.

kevan wrote: ↑25 May 2023, 11:42 The designer isn't strongly against the house rule, at https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/288858 ... ld-be-offi:

Matthew Dunstan wrote:Its a fair idea - the main problem is that this would require more pencils, or 4 different boards - both of which were beyond the production for the game.

And also, some players (myself included) quite like how divergent player's maps can be - showing all of the different networks in a single game

There's already a BGA suggestion open for it at https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=66244 ... with a comment that suggests you can already play the Daily Challenge with multiple players at the same table, at the same time? Although that does limit you to one shuffle per day.

Indeed there is, and it's supported by the game publisher who host the daily leaderboard themselves. Not sure how much more official you can get