by sfox
davypi wrote:
My usual "no loan" wins involve building and selling the sawmill for money and then hitting the joinery. With the resulting cash, you can outright purchase a wooden boat within about seven actions and keep your upkeep under control.
Actually I agree that getting a boat via this method is competitive and could possibly beat a well executed 'ignore food' strategy, but I've never lost to it (in 3 player games, I don't play 2/4/5 player). I'd say it has been used against me around 5 or 6 times, but maybe I just have always managed to out play my opponents enough in the rest of the game to make up for the advantage they gain from doing it.
