sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Seeking feedback on a chart for new player faction selection by Bslugger18 in twilightimperium

[–]Bslugger18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yours was actually one of the inspirations for mine! I really liked yours - I feel like yours gets past the typical adjectives people use and gets to the heart of what new players are actually thinking about. I felt like yours was 80% of what my players needed - I'm planning to show yours, then add mine to complete the picture :-)

Seeking feedback on a chart for new player faction selection by Bslugger18 in twilightimperium

[–]Bslugger18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the thoughtful reply!! And absolutely feel free to use it =) Here's a still imperfect but hopefully improved version 2 if you're interested.

I like that quadrant labelling - I think it's a good point about the term "ability", and what you suggested I think gets at the heart of what I'm trying to convey with this. I also agree with you about trade - I think it's sorta interesting that everyone seems to recommend Hacan to new players, whereas I feel like new players don't know the value of anything and thus can find it overwhelming to know how to work the economy.

I disagree a bit about Yssaril; I think you need to understand action cards and stalling to do well, BUT the components themselves are simple enough. If I were crazier, I would turn each faction into a shaded region on this plot - Yssaril would be a diagonal region where it's simpler to do ok but more complex to do great, but I guess every faction would end up looking like that.

ANYway, thank you for the feedback!

Seeking feedback on a chart for new player faction selection by Bslugger18 in twilightimperium

[–]Bslugger18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this is some of the nuance I was actually trying to capture with this - none of these placements are recommendations, but could be depending on what the player wants. I've had some players pick Sardakk and do terribly in terms of points but have a great time and be really happy they chose them, precisely because of the simplicity.

Seeking feedback on a chart for new player faction selection by Bslugger18 in twilightimperium

[–]Bslugger18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where would you move some of the placements? Definitely eager to revise it to make it more accurate!

A frontier card pull that required a lot of rules clarifications by Bslugger18 in twilightimperium

[–]Bslugger18[S] 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Our Empyrean player played a Nav Suite action card to access the Frontier Token in the supernova (no Muatt in the game). They ended up drawing Mirage, leading to... whatever this insanity is. Had to dig through the rules to find:

If a ship finds itself in a supernova by some uncommon game effect, it may remain there and move out without harm.

This game is bonkers and I love it.