by mfaulk80
Runkst wrote:
The main mechanism and source of tension seems to be the same as in Egizia: take many actions but without having much choice what to take or jump ahead to take superior (for you) actions.
It works really well in Egizia, the strategy of just always taking the first available action certainly doesn't work there. I'm not yet sure how good it'll work in this game because of a few changes which seem to lessen tension and the need to push forward:
- Last player always moves (Tokaido) instead of clockwise order (Egizia)
- Even the last player at the inn can still get lucky and get good food instead of limited number of places at the Egizia construction sites
- No real penalties for missing out on certain things in Tokaido
It works really well in Egizia, the strategy of just always taking the first available action certainly doesn't work there. I'm not yet sure how good it'll work in this game because of a few changes which seem to lessen tension and the need to push forward:
- Last player always moves (Tokaido) instead of clockwise order (Egizia)
- Even the last player at the inn can still get lucky and get good food instead of limited number of places at the Egizia construction sites
- No real penalties for missing out on certain things in Tokaido
It's even closer to Glen More in mechanic since the last player always moves. In Glen More, however, players collect tiles and there are penalties for having too many tiles.
Having said that, I don't see any reason to not trust Bauza on this one. He's not exactly a novice in game design...