If I'm reading the rules and this BGG thread correctly - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/173839 ... e/26753861 - there are a couple of errors in the way BGA has implemented the Bonus Action Tokens (BATs / glass beads). On the one hand, it's clever how BGA has repurposed the spots on the board normally used for the second action slots (in non-Automa games); but on the other hand, doing this has led to errors.
Number 1: if there is an Automa blocking the first action spot, then in order to play there and use a BAT, you should be required to use your Grande worker. However, BGA allows you to click on the second action spot, which uses your BAT (and gains the bonus) but without using your Grande worker.
Number 2: if there is no Automa blocking the action spots (for a particular action), and you first use a normal worker plus a BAT to gain the bonus (on BGA, you do this by clicking on the second action space), you should be able to go again on that same action (and in the same round / year), and use a BAT a second time to gain the bonus again, but only by using the Grande worker. Instead, BGA (i) allows you to click on the first action space to select the action without using the Grande worker, but (ii) does not allow you to use a BAT a second time to gain the bonus.
I wasn't sure whether to post this here, or as a bug...
Number 1: if there is an Automa blocking the first action spot, then in order to play there and use a BAT, you should be required to use your Grande worker. However, BGA allows you to click on the second action spot, which uses your BAT (and gains the bonus) but without using your Grande worker.
Number 2: if there is no Automa blocking the action spots (for a particular action), and you first use a normal worker plus a BAT to gain the bonus (on BGA, you do this by clicking on the second action space), you should be able to go again on that same action (and in the same round / year), and use a BAT a second time to gain the bonus again, but only by using the Grande worker. Instead, BGA (i) allows you to click on the first action space to select the action without using the Grande worker, but (ii) does not allow you to use a BAT a second time to gain the bonus.
I wasn't sure whether to post this here, or as a bug...