What are some rules that you modify to make the game more fair? I have a few and would like to share ideas of how to make the game better. btw, Cities and Knights and Seafarers are welcome as well.
2006-11-26 07:00:27 · 2 answers · asked by Wopsle 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
I just played it 10 minutes ago. I think the game is as fair as it can be. It really depends on the player's knowledge of where they should start their pieces and where to build roads. I wouldn't recommend modifying the rules, but you can teach the other players tips and strategies that you know of that may have a little advantage over them. You could always make sure that the resource board pieces are as spread out as possible.
2006-11-26 15:27:56 · answer #1 · answered by Zeo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm uncertain what you mean by making the game more fair. The game has a pretty good balance to begin with -- the order of placing the initial cities goes 1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1, so the first player doesn't get too great of an advantage. Second, since there are multiple paths to victory, if a player is not getting the right kind of resources, generally there is an alternate path for one to pursue.
If you feel that the dice rolls are unfair, you could get a "Dice Deck" which has the various combinations of dice rolls on the cards. That way, all of the numbers get rolled (along a standard probability distribution curve, e.g. 1x'2', 2x'3', 3x'4'...1x'12') and no number is left out in the cold due to oddly-rolling dice. You can have the same effect by pulling the right numbers from two identical sets of dominoes (because you would need 2 each of the 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 2/3, 2/4 2/5, 2/6, 3/4, 3/5, 3/6, 4/5, 4/6, 5/6 and one each of the doubles) and just set them aside until you've gone through the rotation once.
2006-11-26 11:05:12 · answer #2 · answered by Skelebone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋