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Snooze Festival

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United States
Hillsborough
North Carolina

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v1.0
Note that I think I made a rule change from basic game: no combat in the Polar Sink. I'm not really sure whether that's a good idea or a bad one!

Edited Tue May 26, 2009 2:54 am
Posted Thu May 14, 2009 1:14 pm
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Rudolf Aligierski

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Poland

I got some opinions. Haven't played the game yet though, so can't count it as a playtest.

1. I think Polar Sink is really strategic point of the board (although Spacing Guild does not need it). Let there be battles for Polar Sink.
2. I'd leave recruiting dice as it was (troop dice) - it shows battle of rival hauses (not 1-2/6).
3. Fremen seem too powerful for me. Compared to Corrin for example. Maybe instead of "+1 spice every turn" - "may reroll spice die when Shai Hulud rolled"? It would depict their ability to know where the worm is at the time.
4. Changing recruitment die to normal made Harkonenn to powerful, so maybe instead of "always succesful" - "may reroll traitor die"?

Posted Mon May 25, 2009 10:42 am
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Snooze Festival

(snoozefest)

United States
Hillsborough
North Carolina

We love our pups!! Misu, RIP 28 Nov 2010. Tikka, RIP 11 Aug 2011.

rudolfoaligieri123 wrote:

I got some opinions. Haven't played the game yet though, so can't count it as a playtest.

1. I think Polar Sink is really strategic point of the board (although Spacing Guild does not need it). Let there be battles for Polar Sink.
2. I'd leave recruiting dice as it was (troop dice) - it shows battle of rival hauses (not 1-2/6).
3. Fremen seem too powerful for me. Compared to Corrin for example. Maybe instead of "+1 spice every turn" - "may reroll spice die when Shai Hulud rolled"? It would depict their ability to know where the worm is at the time.
4. Changing recruitment die to normal made Harkonenn to powerful, so maybe instead of "always succesful" - "may reroll traitor die"?

1. Yup; the original comment no longer applies -- v1.1 has combat everywhere.
2. Maybe; need to play it more, although we had a hard time actually getting troops out with the basic game rules.
3. Not sure; needs playtesting
4. Hmm. I'm not sure that "always successful" is too powerful (needs testing), but if so I think I'd rather just change their chances of success (e.g., success on 1-4).

Posted Tue May 26, 2009 2:52 am
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Rudolf Aligierski

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Poland

snoozefest wrote:

1. Yup; the original comment no longer applies -- v1.1 has combat everywhere.
2. Maybe; need to play it more, although we had a hard time actually getting troops out with the basic game rules.
3. Not sure; needs playtesting
4. Hmm. I'm not sure that "always successful" is too powerful (needs testing), but if so I think I'd rather just change their chances of success (e.g., success on 1-4).

4. Probability of traitor die success on 1-4 is 75%. Normally it is 1-3 that is 50%. Rerolling adds another 50% chance to success on the 50% loss on the first die witch gives - 50%+(50%of50%)=75%... No need to modify the dice, or rules. I know you still think about your different colored dice, but there are also people who use custom-dice, so maybe let's keep rules clear for them.