kendahlj wrote:
rahdo wrote:
Wow. I clearly misread the rules, and my wife and I have been playing 2p for the last half year (probably around 9 games in total) in the way that seems "logical" to us... where you have to pay 1 franc interest for each and every loan you've got out. So we generally never go over 2 or 3 loans, and pay them off as quickly as we can.
I suppose we should try the "proper rules", but this "1 franc to cover all loans" sounds crazy overpowered to us, considering we're used to playing something that is a bit more "like real life", and we like the challenge level where it's a big risk to take loans. Under what circumstances would you NOT just ignore food and take loan after loan after loan with this system. That just feels insanely overpowered, to the point where if you're not swimming in loans, you're playing the game "wrong"
We generally score in the low to mid 200's btw. The game we just finished this evening ended 259 to 247.
Will have to give some thought as to whether we'll start playing "correctly", but I worry it will so weaken the core challenge of the game to largely ignore food, and blithely carry 10 or 12 loans at a time that we'll lose a lot of our love for the game... :soblue:
I suppose we should try the "proper rules", but this "1 franc to cover all loans" sounds crazy overpowered to us, considering we're used to playing something that is a bit more "like real life", and we like the challenge level where it's a big risk to take loans. Under what circumstances would you NOT just ignore food and take loan after loan after loan with this system. That just feels insanely overpowered, to the point where if you're not swimming in loans, you're playing the game "wrong"
We generally score in the low to mid 200's btw. The game we just finished this evening ended 259 to 247.
Will have to give some thought as to whether we'll start playing "correctly", but I worry it will so weaken the core challenge of the game to largely ignore food, and blithely carry 10 or 12 loans at a time that we'll lose a lot of our love for the game... :soblue:
This sentiment is exactly the same as mine... The challenge of the game is to make money while keeping your family fed. I worry it will lose some luster with the 1 Franc only rule...
Rahdo, do you play with the correct rule or your house rule?
I'm about to play our first game and wonder the same thing. Seems to make sens to pay 1 per loan. Richard, did you ever try it with the rules as written or are you sticking with your original interpretation?