# of each materia/rune type in bag?

[mulqmook]

The rules say that there are 105 materia tokens in the bag divided into 7 colors (15 of each). I assume this means that there should be 5 of each type? I.e. 5 white square, 5 white triangle, 5 white circle etc? Or are there more circles than triangles than squares?

[SethLusus]

That would make sense.

I suppose higher level play would include materia counting to figure out the odds of drawing what you need.


On another topic, I've wondered about whether I need to pay attention to what materia I use to put on spells, but with a 2 player game it doesn't seem at all likely to have to shuffle back in discarded materia:

Starting: 4 from players + 5 on altar = 9

Drawn: Over 12 rounds players will draw maybe... 2.5 materia per round per player = 2.5 * 14 = 70 materia. I suppose if both players have a red it could be much higher.

Altar: 1 added per player * 14 rounds = 28ish

Of course there are other ways to get more materia out, but in a fast two player game a re-shuffle would only happen VERY late game.
A slow 4 player game on the other hand...