by Anduin
bondafong wrote:
I have only played the game once so that hardly make me an expert.
But I foresee a problem with new races, as the natural tie-breaker in the game is based around starting-influence. So how would this work with new races?
It can be solved various ways:
- The races replace current races. E.G. Orcs replaces Undead and Dwarfs replaces Humans. And thus have 2 and 3 starting loyalty as well. The problem with this is that you can't play a 4-player Orcs vs Undead vs Humans vs Dwarfs.
- The Orcs start with 0 influence and the Dwarfs start with 5. This is thematically very wrong imo, as both races are closer to neutral than any of the current races.
- The Orcs start with 2.1 loyalty, so they have more loyalty than Undead concerning tiebreaker but still only begin the game with 2 tokens. Similar the Dwarfs should start with 2.9 loyalty, so they have less than the humans and start with 3 tokens.
But I foresee a problem with new races, as the natural tie-breaker in the game is based around starting-influence. So how would this work with new races?
It can be solved various ways:
- The races replace current races. E.G. Orcs replaces Undead and Dwarfs replaces Humans. And thus have 2 and 3 starting loyalty as well. The problem with this is that you can't play a 4-player Orcs vs Undead vs Humans vs Dwarfs.
- The Orcs start with 0 influence and the Dwarfs start with 5. This is thematically very wrong imo, as both races are closer to neutral than any of the current races.
- The Orcs start with 2.1 loyalty, so they have more loyalty than Undead concerning tiebreaker but still only begin the game with 2 tokens. Similar the Dwarfs should start with 2.9 loyalty, so they have less than the humans and start with 3 tokens.
sooo.... You told us a problem... and solved it :)
Now I cannot see a problem anymore^^
This is one hurdle for new races, but I'm confident that FFG designers and Corey especially have enough ideas to take this small one. But I guess he is busy at the moment with Eldritch Horror...
However: This topic was discussed multiple times before and there have been some nice ideas for additions. I would like to see some more season cards and a way to make the game shorter if you wish to.