Reply: Kingdom Builder:: Variants:: Re: Another variant to mitigate luck

by fiddly_bits

Emsdad wrote:

rassilonsghost wrote:

While I think the game is perfect as it was designed and would not change anything myself, I could see the argument for giving every player a single token that could be handed in once during the game to allow a new card to be drawn. Also that token could be worth 2 points if not handed in at the end of the game.

I think that if you're going to do this, then you should allow the player to choose the particular terrain card that they want, otherwise you are simply replacing one piece of (bad) luck with the potential for another.

I think a good policy for “bad” luck is to let a player who drew the same terrain again redraw until they draw a different terrain. You could allow it once per player or require it all the time for all players.