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by CHRISDH The animal tiles are not the best by themselves but together they are great. the other tiles are great by themselves and will give you a instant perk. I usually always try to get some...
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by tykemalcolmdkeisen wrote:Is it possible you are misplaying them and not giving enough points for the animal tiles?As an example, if you fill up the 5-tile section of animals with tiles containing 4,...
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by SubtlyArtistictykemalcolm wrote:dkeisen wrote:Is it possible you are misplaying them and not giving enough points for the animal tiles?As an example, if you fill up the 5-tile section of animals...
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by trenttsd It depends 100% on what your own map looks like. Some synergize great with animal tiles, others don't.
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by HuginnGreiling He's saying over all the scorings of that pasture, not just the last scoring.First scoring: 4 VP.Second scoring: 8 VP.Third scoring: 11 VP.and so on.
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by The Chaztykemalcolm wrote:...Dave, I believe you are scoring it wrongly - if you have 4, 4, 3, 3, and 3 animals all of the same type, you score 17 + 15vp for completion + Round bonus VP.Unless there...
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by tykemalcolmHuginnGreiling wrote:He's saying over all the scorings of that pasture, not just the last scoring.First scoring: 4 VP.Second scoring: 8 VP.Third scoring: 11 VP.and so on.It threw me...
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by dkeisenHuginnGreiling wrote:He's saying over all the scorings of that pasture, not just the last scoring.First scoring: 4 VP.Second scoring: 8 VP.Third scoring: 11 VP.and so on.I even omitted the...
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by jaysachs What is unattractive about the pastures is that they are pure points, without any engine building. All the other colors (well, some of the yellow knowledge, anyway) offer something in terms...
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by aniaga Of course it depends on what map I'm playing and what tiles are being drawn, but I definitely try to score some (if not all) meadows. The animals are a huge source of points!So far I've never...
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by rohlfo I've only played 2-player so far, and can't say there were ever enough of the same animal throughout the game to justify going for it...as someone mentioned above, I tend to go for science to...
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by dkeisenrohlfo wrote:I've only played 2-player so far, and can't say there were ever enough of the same animal throughout the game to justify going for it...as someone mentioned above, I tend to go...
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by fnord23dkeisen wrote:I can believe that animals are too risky to pursue in 2-player games. If you do not know from the start which tiles will be in the game, then you might be proceeding down a path...
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by freddieyurohlfo wrote:I've only played 2-player so far, and can't say there were ever enough of the same animal throughout the game to justify going for it...as someone mentioned above, I tend to go...
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by FalzirThunkd wrote:I'd recommend keeping it. But if you want to try it before opening it, you should try it online at boiteajeux.net.+1. Great game, great implementation on boiteajeux, good players,...
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by ThunkdFalzir wrote:I'm actually playing a very close 3-player game with Thunkd these days, lots of fun... :cool:If you hadn't said anything I never would have noticed. Very cool.
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by rohlfofreddieyu wrote:rohlfo wrote:I've only played 2-player so far, and can't say there were ever enough of the same animal throughout the game to justify going for it...as someone mentioned above,...
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by HarbingerOfDuh I don't like animals in 2-player, simply because they're so scarce. Only two tiles come out per phase (unless you get lucky and some appear in the black market), and there's no...
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by rohlfo that explains everything then...I've not played it with more than 2 players!So, big question is: for 2 player game, should there be a variant introduced to help balance? that is, only have...
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