On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:57 PM nch via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > On Thursday, May 14, 2020 3:17:11 PM CDT James Cook via agora-discussion > wrote: > > Is there any reason for a player to transmute victory points at any > > time other than when they want to declare victory? > > > > Not necessarily a problem, but want to make sure I understand. I guess > > the other Card types are less likely to be hoarded because players > > might want to actually use the corresponding assets. > > As written, not really. I briefly flirted with the idea of having another > asset > that let you steal cards, but I decided to focus on core mechanics for now and > maybe introduce that later. Another option is to make the wincon something > like "Have 20 *more* Victory Points than any other player" which might lead to > people cashing in their cards to prevent someone else from winning.
That sounds both incredibly simple and likely to result in strategic play (e.g. conspiring with people to make it not appear as if you're approaching winning when you really are). I'm all for it! -Aris
