by Dergel
sfox wrote:
Perfectly legal to build the Luxury Yacht on the final turn. At best that would be worth 18 points if you traded in the iron ship that is only worth 2 gold. Not a terrible play, but the most common move on a player's last action is to use the shipping line to sell 20 to 40 points worth of goods.
This was my third play ever and my first with the Luxury Yacht, so I´m no expert in this game, anyway I try to explain why I wondered:
It seems to me that the first player has a big advantage. He could go to the shipping line some turns before. Especially in the 2 player game it´s probable that you can do this. Like you said, it´s more common to go there on the final turn, so why should the players be there some turns before? If an opponent gets the luxury yacht earlier, this is no big deal and accordingly no problem for the first player, because the opponent has to accept the serious disadvantages.
If even this final turn-strategy is only "not a terrible play" for the first player, why should this player gets the luxury yacht earlier which impedes the final shipping line-strategy and increase the lack of foods?
I´m sure that I think wrong somehow, please correct me. =)