Notes from Twenty-fourth Playtest

Final scores: 19-17-13-9, and Kris who scored 9 admitted he probably should have played it safe and used his Bow rather than getting killed by the Boar using a Spear.

Today's Rules

• All equipment available for purchase in sorted face up stacks
• Start the game with 5 points worth
• Re-spawned characters also get 5 points worth
• Otherwise same rules as last playtest

Observations

It played really smoothly with all the equipment available. The focus shifts from "what can I do with what I got?", to "what is the best thing to do?". It means those equipment values will have to be extremely well tested, so everyone doesn't just go and buy the same stuff.  

To Clarify

Can you hunt empty handed? 

Next Steps

• Equipment Card distribution for the face-up stacks approach
• New equipment costs:
• Atlatl - 3
• Spear - 3
• Bow - 4
• Arrow - 2
• Club - 2 (or maybe 1)
• Pouch - 4
• Torch - 1
• Play with board/spaces layout. Square/long/irregular?

Update (7:05pm)

I forgot a rule we came up with during play! Move the buying of equipment until the beginning of the next turn as you're leaving the village. That way after you sell you'll have an entire round of everyone taking their turn to decide what to buy. Should make the game run more smoothly, and maybe even faster, if that's even possible.