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Hi, I open this topic because playing only turn-based games, I noticed something that bothers me a little. This game is a game where knowing what the other player has discarded is very important...sometimes an opponent uses one or more 5s and when I come back to do my turn I see the discard pile has increased in number but I do not know what 5s have been played. I think that the discard pile should be visible...sure you lose the memory aspect of the game, but an endless number of trick taking games here on BGA tracks the played cards, so I do not think it would change a lot the experience.

I also forgot to mention the fact that, when an opponent swaps 2 cards with a 4, you have no idea of what they swapped

Isn't most of this information in the log?

I haven't played turn based, but looking at the logs of my old real-time games, I can see information such as when a person "discards a card with n°6", so you know about discards. (True you don't know the suit, which is a bit annoying, but you do know the number which is more important)

And when a 4 is used, you know what was swapped because the log says the player "swaps cards between Districts x and y"

The real issue with the "5"s when playing turn-based is, that the log DOES NOT show the colors (as symbols or names) for cards moved to the discard pile, whereas all other comparable games, I can think of right now, show the colors in all log entries containing played cards that are visible.

The big problem is that you can do multiple moves in one turn with a "5". All other cards (including their color) are visible on the discard pile, because it always shows the most recent discard, but "5"s are hidden under the more recent discards in the same turn of the opponent.

The only solution I know so far is watching the replay of those moves, but that is inconvenient, of course.


PLEASE add card colors to the log for all cards moved to the discard pile.