by Yuglooc
Yojimbo252 wrote:
I feel they (castles) are one of the best tiles in the game, up there with mines although I value mines slightly higher generally speaking. The benefit of the castle in being able to perform an additional action with the player 'choosing the die result' is extremely valuable as it provides fantastic flexibility.
One aspect to the value of the castles is your board setup. If the castle locations are well spread out, they may just clog up your storage.
Yeah, certain yellow tiles are better than others. I won't get into details; there are undoubtedly many threads on that here.
One critical aspect of the game is placing the boats such that you go first in the first turn of a new phase. Assuming you can take advantage of going first then, that may (die rolls and worker count permitting - I curse the dice every time I roll doubles) allow you to snag a critical yellow or mine tile before someone else gets it.