Notes from Thirty-sixth Playtest

Lester, Dan, and Kris

4 player game with Lester, Dan, and Kris. Same rules as Playtest 35.

Notes
With the lowered plant values Hunting dominated again.

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The board setup was brutal! Kris (red) went first and was able to wall us off and make it through the only pass. Of course it didn't help that our little valley was full of deadly animals. Oh, and we all rolled like crap the whole game. Don't think I hit anything, my final score was zero.

Next Experiment
Move plant distribution back up to 1-1-2-3, or 1-2-2-2 (or a mixture). I want to avoid having many 3s, they make the luck in the game very swingy (whoever happens to find a 3 and sell it for 12-15 gains a huge advantage).

With the plant values back up I'll have to boost hunting somehow. I'll try increasing the Wolf hide value from 2 to 3. Also I want to try lowering the Spear cost goes down to 2 instead of 3.

To Clarify
A player with a Torch must use it, no suicide allowed! May need to consider how to make suicide a little less appealing at times :P