by StormKnight
I think you should try it over the board...play a 4 player game and never skip spots...don't tell the others what you are doing...I bet you don't win or even come close.
This, of course, would be a good outcome. Marshall's assertion is that the points from the spaces are so well balanced that never skipping will be just as good. :)
If I had the game, I could probably convince my girlfriend to play a few games where each had one player and then had a "virtual" player or two that just followed the "always move to the closest space" approach and see how they compared. But that's not very useful since I want to know more about this to know whether or not to bother getting the game. :p