Genghis Khan CA wrote:Clearly you have not played many flat rate or no card games with exclusively high ranked players - with some exceptions they tend to be extremely tedious affairs that end up in build situations.
Why is that, do you think? In those situations is it always everyone's best move to just build?
I haven't played many of these games with high rank players myself, so I'm interested as to how they will go. I'm not overly concerned by the length of the game personally, as I find the endurance aspect of long games rewarding. It's all about patience and timing.
Also in the No Cards games I've played I've been more aggressive than in escalating at the start, because continents are so much more important... however I can see how the stagnation might happen once everyone settles into their areas... wouldn't some players have an advantage though? Shouldn't they steadily make use of their advantage? I guess it's not obvious to me why such stagnation would be all but inevitable based on every player doing the best thing for them to win.
