MrPotatoTed Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 With the death of President Washington and the resurrection of Ben Franklin... * Ben Franklin returns to his post as presumptive heir to liberal party leader Thomas Jefferson. * In addition to getting the Presidency, John Jay also advances from heir to Conservative Party Leader. * Former VP John Adams reclaims his spot as presumptive heir to the Conservative Party, behind President Jay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Time for the bonus round! Each player may bid a # of influence points. Person who bids the most influence gains a card, and also gets to take a bonus action. (Remember that actually taking the action will cost an additional IP). We start with President @ConservativeElector2. Will you bid any IP? (You can use faction and/or statesman IP for this). We go in the following order. Each consecutive bid must be higher than the one before it. If nobody bids, nobody gets the bonus.@ConservativeElector2@Pringles@themiddlepolitical@Hestia@WVProgressive@Magnus Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 One thing I forgot to mention: you are limited to holding just three cards. If you get a fourth card, you must immediately play or discard one. Nobody has more than three cards yet...but some of you will, if you win this bonus card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 While we wait for @ConservativeElector2, who is on Europe Time and thus hopefully asleep, a question for the group: The game designer flagged that the "Hand of Time" card is from an old draft of the game and not balanced for gameplay -- it's continued use will result in a higher rate of deaths than the game was designed for. Do we want to remove it from the game? Or keep it in? Let me know what you think, majority rules. (Washington's death happens regardless, I'm just talking about future use of the card).@Magnus Rex @ConservativeElector2 @Pringles @Hestia @themiddlepolitical @WVProgressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 minute ago, MrPotatoTed said: While we wait for @ConservativeElector2, who is on Europe Time and thus hopefully asleep, a question for the group: The game designer flagged that the "Hand of Time" card is from an old draft of the game and not balanced for gameplay -- it's continued use will result in a higher rate of deaths than the game was designed for. Do we want to remove it from the game? Or keep it in? Let me know what you think, majority rules. (Washington's death happens regardless, I'm just talking about future use of the card).@Magnus Rex @ConservativeElector2 @Pringles @Hestia @themiddlepolitical @WVProgressive What happens otherwise? Do they die at historical points or is it still somewhat random otherwise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Hestia said: What happens otherwise? Do they die at historical points or is it still somewhat random otherwise? Somewhat random. Specifically, there are issues that...in addition to being normal issues...also have a "hand of time" icon on them where you roll a die to see which of the 3 oldest statesmen died. I recognized that the Hand of Time card was from an old draft, but thought the issues were also from an old draft and thus balanced for that. I was wrong. Haha. Edited June 22, 2021 by MrPotatoTed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Personally, I do like the strategy of trying to time the use of the Hand of Time card for your maximum advantage (and hoping the die roll goes your way) -- but it could potentially lead to a high death rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVProgressive Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: While we wait for @ConservativeElector2, who is on Europe Time and thus hopefully asleep, a question for the group: The game designer flagged that the "Hand of Time" card is from an old draft of the game and not balanced for gameplay -- it's continued use will result in a higher rate of deaths than the game was designed for. Do we want to remove it from the game? Or keep it in? Let me know what you think, majority rules. (Washington's death happens regardless, I'm just talking about future use of the card).@Magnus Rex @ConservativeElector2 @Pringles @Hestia @themiddlepolitical @WVProgressive I vote we keep it, but since a hand of time card being played benefited me quite dramatically, I'm a bit biased. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 I suppose the other option is to keep the Hand of Time cards as-is, but ignore when a Hand of Time skull is on an issue. That would in theory balance correctly. In theory. Untested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 28 minutes ago, WVProgressive said: I vote we keep it, but since a hand of time card being played benefited me quite dramatically, I'm a bit biased. I am of a similar mindset. Although I'm accepting of whatever the final verdict may be lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 33 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: I suppose the other option is to keep the Hand of Time cards as-is, but ignore when a Hand of Time skull is on an issue. That would in theory balance correctly. In theory. Untested. You could also half the amount of hands of time cards in the deck for a middle ground option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 7 hours ago, MrPotatoTed said: Time for the bonus round! Each player may bid a # of influence points. Person who bids the most influence gains a card, and also gets to take a bonus action. (Remember that actually taking the action will cost an additional IP). We start with President @ConservativeElector2. Will you bid any IP? (You can use faction and/or statesman IP for this). We go in the following order. Each consecutive bid must be higher than the one before it. If nobody bids, nobody gets the bonus.@ConservativeElector2@Pringles@themiddlepolitical@Hestia@WVProgressive@Magnus Rex I'll pass. I am good either way when it comes to the time card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 @Pringles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Rex Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I support keeping the Hand of Time as an action in addition to the skulls on random issues If we start burning through the roster of all available statesmen too quickly, we can reevaluate maybe disregarding the issue skulls but still allowing players to strategize forced retirements with action cards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 2 hours ago, MrPotatoTed said: @Pringles I'll pass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 @themiddlepolitical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themiddlepolitical Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Pass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 @Hestia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 14 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: @Hestia You know what, why not lol. I'll bid my 1 IP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 @WVProgressive? You'll need to bid at least 2 IP if you want to win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVProgressive Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, MrPotatoTed said: @WVProgressive? You'll need to bid at least 2 IP if you want to win it. I’ll pass, thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Rex Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 @MrPotatoTed I'll bid 2 IP for the bonus card and bonus action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 @Magnus Rex, last call to you. Want to spend 2 IP for the bonus? If not, @Hestia gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPotatoTed Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Ok. @Magnus Rex wins. I'll send you your card. Bonus action to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Rex Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Patrick Henry goes for a popularity point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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