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How do I disable the Shadow Empire?

Posted: 08 April 2024, 08:36
by ItsNicho
Hi all. I've purchased two months of Premium membership to get some training in on Tapestry, against the Automa. However, every solo + Automa game I play, seems to have the Shadow Empire in it. I REALLY do not want the Shadow Empire to be in my games, but I can't find a way of turning it off. Can somebody please help me out by telling me how I get rid of it?

Thanks!

Re: How do I disable the Shadow Empire?

Posted: 09 April 2024, 17:12
by poserLX
The official rules do not mention a way to play with the Automa but without the Shadow Empire. As BGA strives to adhere to official variants only, I assume they have similarly adhered to the official way of playing a solo game of Tapestry. This means you can only play a solo game with both the Automa and the Shadow Empire.

From the Automa rulebook:

"This rulebook introduces a system for adding two artificial players, the Automa and the Shadow
Empire. They take the place of human players and are collectively known as bots.

You can use the Automa and the Shadow Empire together to play by yourself or you can use just
the Shadow Empire with 2 human players. For the latter, read the separate rule sheet.

To reduce your effort, the Automa and Shadow Empire play by their own simpler rules. Any rule
not explicitly overridden here is still in effect, which includes you following the multiplayer rules."