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Re: Playtest suggestions

2018-01-03T21:42:39-05:00

Why Hero's favored terrain for seed terrain? Let people pick.

Statistics: Posted by FlameBlade — Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:42 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2018-01-03T18:45:13-05:00

We need seed terrain.

Statistics: Posted by Mike — Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:45 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2018-01-03T16:58:30-05:00

New addition to setup to make it easier for some Gods to get going in the early game. Seed terrain.

Place terrain tokens of your Hero's favored terrain in the 2 hexes that are adjacent to and are in the same ring as the Pillar of Heaven that is closest to your shrine.

Statistics: Posted by Eliahad — Wed Jan 03, 2018 3:58 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-12-28T17:04:22-05:00

We played roughly 18 turns each in our game. (72 turns total. A goodly number.) So it took about 5-6 minutes for one go around the board in a 4 player game. Let's say, on average 1.5 minutes per play.

This was a learning game, so 1.5 minutes doesn't seem horrid to me. I continue reasoning out loud. I think that will get faster, but let's stay with that time for now.

40 turns in an hour is 10 times around the order in a 4 player game. 8 times around in a 5 player game and a little less than 7 times around in a 6 player game.

It takes about 3 times around to end a round. So it would be 3 rounds in a 4 player game. And 2 rounds in a 5 player or 6 player game.

These times would get faster as players learn the game, and as the design of cards is solidified to strengthen understanding, but not a ton, I think.

If we set a 'Round' limit with this alternative scoring system, I think it would be a 6 round limit, broken into 3 round "Halves."

Statistics: Posted by Eliahad — Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:04 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-12-28T15:46:49-05:00

Other tweak discussed: Each time TPM triggers with board events. Holder of Godball gets 1 point. Reaching shrine = winning outright. Game ends when Turn marker goes around twice.

This may has an effect of having a clear end so the game doesn't goes on for too long, and encourage more struggles for ball control.

Statistics: Posted by FlameBlade — Thu Dec 28, 2017 2:46 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-12-28T02:00:52-05:00

Slight tweak I came up with, not sure if this was mentioned earlier.

Based on the rules we played tonight, if you dont have or don't want to play a particular God card, you can discard one to draw another. I would suggest changing the order to be draw and then discard. That way, you have the most amount of information available to you before you discard, potentially setting up more opportunities for strategic planning down the line.

Statistics: Posted by Bluedevyl — Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:00 am

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-12-19T17:07:25-05:00

My call off the top of my head:
Poseidon Aphrodite -- Water
Zeus Hera -- Mountains
Athena Hermes -- Forest

Knowing this, allow each hero to choose their own favored terrain.

In the final set, heroes will come with favored terrains and extra abilities and all. There will be some heroes that pair better with certain gods, but your Hero isn't required to have a favored terrain to match your god's abilities. Maybe Hera takes on a water hero (a siren or nereid) to undermine Poseidon's ability to stop her.

Statistics: Posted by Mike — Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:07 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-12-19T16:28:42-05:00

Okay, things I want to test in the next few plays:

Mike's Refresh Mechanic.
Are there too many levels of Hero action? (Should there just be choices at each level?)
Which Gods and/or Goddess should be "forest-based" and have terrain cards geared that way?
What ways can we cut out tokens/components?

Statistics: Posted by Eliahad — Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:28 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-11-29T18:30:21-05:00

Keep testing. Most HP was used for sprinting. Much less was used for attacking. People loved sprint but it took away from other stuff.

Statistics: Posted by Mike — Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:30 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-11-29T18:15:44-05:00

You said sprint was huge! Could you tell if it was in a positive way or is more testing needed?

Statistics: Posted by Eliahad — Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:15 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-11-28T08:13:29-05:00

Thanks. Actually, right now the terrain tiles are hex shaped and slightly smaller than the actual board hexes. They fit pretty well.

For playtests... three terrain types and you choose one as favored worked well. Then when you pick, you just grab a tile of that terrain and lay it on your Hero Card. Elijah played Heracles with Poseidon, so he naturally took water. Ultimately we had two of each type, so the balance was good.

I can see adding another.

Later maybe one hero has a 2HP ability that lets them change favored terrain. Maybe a god card says "Choose one type of terrain to place on this card with 3 tokens. This terrain is considered favored terrain for 3 turns." Stuff like that.

Some heroes might have a standard favored terrain. Some might get to choose. Some might have 2 favored terrains as part of their standard abilities.

We have a lot of room here.

Statistics: Posted by Mike — Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:13 am

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-11-28T03:34:45-05:00

Here is my suggestion on terrain (and it's the thing I still need to send you).

Gods play terrain that takes up one tile or three connected tiles. The terrain is always an advantage to the related hero. It is always a hindrance to all other heroes. That keeps terrain super simple.

Also - how big are the tiles in your print and play? I can print new hexes that fit better.

Statistics: Posted by Cazmonster — Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:34 am

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-11-28T00:34:30-05:00

Terrain, via my father.

For the first set...there are four types of terrain, each Hero has 2 favored terrain, and 2 not favored terrain. That way you are more likely to lay down terrain that is favorable to you, but still hinders the opponent. Then each God has 2 terrain types that they are more likely to use in their God Powers.

I mean, I get it. Then we can add other terrain types in the expansion, and maybe eventually Heroes have 3 favored terrain types and 3 not favored terrain types.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. Personally, I like the trade off of, yes, I'm going to help some people and not others. It might make the decision a little more difficult. I dunno.

Anywhoozle. There it is. I had an old fashioned. I'm feelin' pretty good.

Statistics: Posted by Eliahad — Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:34 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-11-27T23:52:10-05:00

Greek gods have a very poor track record with respect to the well-being of the mortals who capture their fancy.

Statistics: Posted by Phoebe — Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:52 pm

Re: Playtest suggestions

2017-11-27T22:38:30-05:00

I'm actually developing a severe crush on Atalanta.

Statistics: Posted by Mike — Mon Nov 27, 2017 9:38 pm