by EDG_
sorry for the bump, but I am wondering about this too. The special buildings are a pretty interesting part of the game and it kinda sucks to just leave them out of the shortened one (I have the Grand Hameau expansion too, which is yet more Special Buildings, so I'd like to use those!).I like the idea of the town building a Special Building at the same time as it builds the lowest Building - it seems to me that it would give you about as many Specials as there are in the long game.
Whether that particularly imbalances anything on the other hand is another matter. if it does, then a Special could be built at the same time as every other 'normal' building maybe?