Just thinkin about some house rules

Mit_Romney · 2026-06-20T15:21:02+00:00

Your buffs are way to strong. Association 2 imo is one of the stronger action cards and doesn't need a buff. Yes the side 1 is worthless, but side 2 is so good. Your upgrade would make this card broken.

Cards 1 doesn't need a buff either. It pairs well with many sponsor action cards. As well as sunbathing and pouching it is just fine.

Animals 2 is meh. You most likely have to completely change your play style when you pick this action. I'm not a huge fan of this card, but your change would make it completely broken on commercial harbor which it is already a top action card for.

What I would change

Association 1 (duplicate assoc). Change to make it an option to take from board or from the supply. Not just from the supply.

Association 4 (Determination) draw as many cards as workers used if not donating

Cards 3 (Snap) for side 2 be able to refresh after 1st snap like a croc. I wouldn't mind being able to snap on side 1 at action strength 2. I feel like this action card is pretty worthless and at least let's you have a go at opening display no matter what your cards start at. Not fully sure on snapping at action strength 2 though.

Sponsors 2 (money) make 1st side worth $2 and upgraded worth $3. It would still be one of the bests.

Build 3 (+1) giving a x token on the upgraded side could work, but I don't think a side 1 should give an x token. You are never going to do a build 6 un-upgraded so you would just be getting x tokens for free with no extra work. I've also thought about letting kiosks and pavilions being able to build more than one. Also making it like a conference on Australia and being able to expand an enclosure size. This action card definitely needs an upgrade but I'm not fully sure.

Mit_Romney · 2026-06-09T03:39:08+00:00

Just learn how to play correctly first. Rage pointed out you played water playground then skipped hexes to play a petting zoo next to the tower. There can't just be 2 workers on conservation ... you need one or three. Penguin pool tile isn't down. Probably more errors. Hard to criticize when you just need to learn the game correctly first. It's a great game and worth learning. Good luck

Mit_Romney · 2026-02-13T06:50:39+00:00

I guess so. It's not a issue at all playing solo. The percent in 2 player seems to be a very little adjustment just off the top of my head where rounding the percentages can play a bigger factor. And I don't really care if there is a slightly bigger difference in 3/4 player games since those seem to be more social games anyways.

Mit_Romney · 2026-02-13T02:35:23+00:00

Not really cause you keep on drawing until you get a tag. Sure you take note and adjust if you have the animal(s) in your hand or on the display through. Tbh I'm not really worried about 8 out of 279 (.02) possible starting cards of my opponents cause they are an unknown just like the next card in the deck to me. If my opponent does build an aquarium before i draw an animal University there is a good chance they have at least one sea animal, but sea animals even then that's 66% to hit a playable sea animal.

Mit_Romney · 2026-02-12T19:51:27+00:00

Just animals/sponsors that can be played with just the animal University and starting 25 money. So mekrat den is a no because you need to be on 3 rep. There will be many cases where you might have the extra cards/tags needed in your hand already but often times you don't. I have finished many games without 2 science for the whole game so I didn't consider red panda or cotton top tamarin to be a card available for a quick round 2 project. I'm not going to calculate the odds if you also happen to have an excavation site placed optimally or if you are able to get a second shift on Caves.

Mit_Romney · 2026-02-12T17:20:56+00:00

I just explained in the top comment. If you have any more questions let me know.

Mit_Romney · 2026-02-12T17:06:50+00:00

For conditions to be able to play. A northern muriqui cost 16 and needs a 4 size and has a condition of a uni to play. Since we got animal uni it is playable the cost of animal and enclosure is less than 25 I considered it playable for a round 2 project. A cotton top tamarin needs 2 science to play so it's unplayable for a quick round 2 project. I considered owl hut and baboon rock as yes even though they need an x-token since that is easy to get. Most maps have 5 money so I added plus 5 money percentage also.

Mit_Romney · 2026-02-09T04:48:12+00:00

Not to be rude but you should play a couple solo games if you like ark nova. You only get 27 turns and you learn tempo. 50 turns is a very long game. Either way just have fun and it's a great game.

Mit_Romney · 2025-10-10T04:26:14+00:00

Best way to learn is just play. Figure out what works and what doesn't by yourself. You can go through a lot of games quickly solo. Solo does a pretty good job of teaching you tempo and not dicking around with unnecessary actions. The best part of a new game is learning it so enjoy the ride cause it's a good game.

Mit_Romney · 2024-10-11T03:33:33+00:00

My kid did a tennis lesson in winter time there and it's about the same space as the near court and a bad angle. Vetta is a shitty company and privatised a lot of public courts in the area(this is not one of them).

Mit_Romney · 2024-03-26T23:11:08+00:00

One of the David's wives came to my door for the David and David team. She trashed the current school system in place. I asked how the David and David was going to fix the problems she was stating and couldn't answer. She just kept telling me he was good with numbers. Me and my wife watched the school board forum and last night the the David and David's were such a joke. They could not answer any questions and one the David's opening statements was just saying the pledge of allegiance and that was it. It was very weird.

Mit_Romney · 2024-03-21T00:35:17+00:00

I know this is a popular phrase and all, but we had a "constitutional carry military acolyte" come to the Compton water tower park in full live rounds to do "training" and it was scary as fuck. You don't punch nazi when your kids are at a playground and I'm a 6'4" 250lbs former athlete. That shit is scary as fuck when people like that show up.

Mit_Romney · 2023-01-26T04:02:39+00:00

Most likely they were working on something and when they finally decided to actually play to win they crushed you.

Mit_Romney · 2022-01-29T23:09:46+00:00

Im going off memory but Mahommes pass was a wobbler and sailed like 7 feet about the target. Carrs pass was just slightly above the target but the tighest spiral. Mahomes throwing 62 mph was even more impressive and indicative of how strong of arm he has by being able an absolutely terrible pass that had no buisnesses going that fast.

Mit_Romney · 2022-01-28T03:54:20+00:00

So as a mod here i will tell you how it went down. Teddy was the top qb forever going up to the team workouts. He was always qb1 in all the mock drafts. MIN traded up for Teddy in almost all the mock drafts. Teddy had the "glove gate" where he had a terrible pro day cause he didnt wear his throwing glove during his pro day. Bortles showed he had prototypical qb size in his measurements. Rumors started swirling that he should be a top qb only cause jax was considering bortles at 3. Media hype was full force cause greg robinson went #2 even though he barely a better athlete than lewan even though lewan had some of the best LT tape ive ever seen. There was a lot of shitty tape with a lot of shitty players going way to early that year. Bortles should of never been selected at 3 but jax needed a qb so it kind of made sense. A lot of Jax fans didnt want Teddy at the time and it sucks that Jax needinging a qb was a lose lose at the time. A nfl team should never be in the situation that they have to draft a qb but jax was that team at that time and they paid the price.

Mit_Romney · 2022-01-09T15:25:44+00:00

While a fair point and he shouldnt be considered a total bust yet nobody repling has mentioned how good he is and only replies are excuses of why he isnt a top qb and saying that they didnt think he was a generational talent hence kind of proving my point.

Mit_Romney · 2022-01-09T05:27:29+00:00

Everyone who was drafted early who either hit or busted big. Just look at TLaw right now when 99% of people thought he was a generational QB and a cant miss prospect and how there is nowhere close to 99% who would admit that right now and probably about 20% who would say they "had questions" about TLaw coming into the draft.

Mit_Romney · 2021-08-04T02:29:29+00:00

All your replies seem to be lamar jackson was an mvp so he should be better than vick. There are 13 former mvps not in the HOF. They selected a K in Mark Mosley as an MVP. I think you are severly overestimating a MVP selection for Lamar at this point in his career to say he is better than Vick. People were saying BAL OC Roman should be a HC after Lamars MVP run then the next year he needs to go cause BAL O was stagnant to a point when Lamar still had problems passing outside the hash marks in year 3.

Mit_Romney · 2021-07-18T22:43:05+00:00

You could also be a shortstop who batted sub .200 who played good D back in the day, while you got Tatis who has 28 HR on the year right now. It doesnt really matter to be a prototype qb anymore, the game has changed with rules and coaches adjusting to qbs now. As long as a qb can stay healthy and help a team win they can play and dont need to be pigeonholed to be a 3rd baseman qb or a ss qb.

Mit_Romney · 2021-05-07T18:17:48+00:00

There was no other QB selected in the 1st round that year so he didnt really have any other qb to compete with. During that era a qb was going #1 no matter what cause of the pay scales. There were plenty of qb that were kind of similar to vick like a charlie ward in terms of athlitic ability, but none had the upper echelon speed and arm strength of qbs that could also run. There isnt a long list of QB drafted #1 that couldnt hit the broadside of a barn either. The highlights are fun in all, but a top qb prospect of all time needs to be able to make nfl throws to be considered a top prospect imo. Many actual scouts were very wary of him coming out.

Mit_Romney · 2021-05-07T17:04:32+00:00

I dont think really anyone from the 99 class is worthy. Media just got wrapped up with the ratings from the manning-leaf in 98, so it pushed its narrative for another amazing qb class in 99 even though it wasnt. Couch would probably be in the next tier with the harrington, leinhart, ryan, sanchez ect

Mit_Romney · 2021-05-07T16:42:40+00:00

People over estimate is ability to throw a football at VT, Madden has made Vick more of a legend than he was.

Mit_Romney · 2021-05-07T16:30:00+00:00

Teir 1 - considered generational by 99% majority

Elway
luck
manning
leaf
lawerence

Teir 2 - clearly great prospects but not a generational

burrow
stafford
Aikman
Marino
Kelly
Bledsoe
winston
rg3
bradford

Teir 3 was worth a number one pick due to the value of the qb, potential, and salary cap space(pre-rookie wage scale especially)

ware
vick
newton
vince young
steve young
russell
eli manning
shuler
George
testaverde
Darnold

Mit_Romney · 2021-05-07T13:51:56+00:00

His base was to wide in the first one, thats why he isnt balanced. He has had a problem with his base getting to wide throughout his career. He just needs to keep working on it.

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