by kendahlj
David Grabiner wrote:
kendahlj wrote:
I played my first game, the long version, and shipping really didn't come into play for anyone. I really enjoyed this game and am going to track down a copy for my collection. Fiddly as hell though...
How many players did you have? Shipping is a bigger part of the game with three than with four, because ships provide more food, and players have more ships and can do more shipping at once. With five players, there won't be many ships, and even less food from ships, so several players may ignore shipping.
But even with five players, I would expect someone to have three ships. With food from the ships, he won't need to slaughter his cattle or eat his bread, so he can ship nine cattle or bread, using three coal or one coke, for 27 francs; this should be worth doing at least once.
We played with three players. I think the shipping line was used twice in the game.
