by EDG_
Having played a Long 4 player game recently I think that the game becomes a LOT harder when you only have one action per turn - and that'll be worse with 5 players.So I was thinking - for 4 or 5 player games, what would the effect be of adding an eighth Supply Space (after the seventh, before the End of Round).
In a four player game, that would mean that everyone gets two turns per round, instead of a given player having one turn every 5 rounds. Simple enough.
In a five player game, this would mean that the cycle for the first five rounds (which then repeats as the game continues) goes from:
1/turn 2/turn
Round 1: 3,4,5 1,2
Round 2: 1,2,5 3,4
Round 3: 2,3,4 5,1
Round 4: 1,4,5 2,3
Round 5: 1,2,3 4,5
to:
1/turn 2/turn
Round 1: 4,5 1,2,3
Round 2: 2,3 4,5,1
Round 3: 5,1 2,3,4
Round 4: 3,4 5,1,2
Round 5: 1,2 3,4,5
where "1/turn" shows which players have one turn for that round, and "2/turn" shows which players have two turns for that round. It'd still be a challenge, but it'd be more manageable.
The only other question would be what to put in the new supply space. Clay and Grain, maybe?
Thoughts?
