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Please make it so that it either skips or automatically converts greeneries when the game ends, so that people can go afk when they pass in the last generation.

Where the last greenery was placed has decided many games.

If you dont want to wait while they run up the score on the final turn after you passed, you can always concede without penalty because Mars is over 50% terraformed

(and it does auto skip if you dont have enough plants to convert)

But important note is that it works only in 2players.

Veepari wrote: ↑28 September 2025, 19:34 Please make it so that it either skips or automatically converts greeneries when the game ends, so that people can go afk when they pass in the last generation.

You're welcome to post a suggestion in the suggestion forum to implement an "auto-skip final greeneries" if you don't want to stick around to finish that final phase of the game.

I wouldn't get your hopes up - it would be a very low priority modification. But, maybe it will get a lot of upvotes, who knows?

Automatically convert greenies will not happen though, because, as ArchDevious noted, that could affect scoring.

Converting plants to greeneries is optional according to the rules,and you could -at least theoretically - wind up in a situation where converting your plants to greeneries benefited your opponents more than yourself.

danielvictor wrote: ↑29 September 2025, 01:01 Converting plants to greeneries is optional according to the rules,and you could -at least theoretically - wind up in a situation where converting your plants to greeneries benefited your opponents more than yourself.

Yes. Conversion is optional according to the rules, and also here in the BGA version.

Sorry,yes,I was making the point against the original suggestion of auto-conversion.

Hey, it's the last action you need to take. As already pointed out by others, it can make a decisive difference in the game.

I don't honestly see any rationale in such a feature. How would it even need to be implemented to properly? You could also pass your regular turns any time - so why not implement a permanent auto-pass (I'm joking)?

Just don't go AFK when the game is still going.

People also sometimes forget that you do get auto-production on the last turn,which can make a difference for awards and the money tiebreak.