Makes the game shorter? | Vexation

Doug Faust

(Phrim)

United States
Malverne
New York

I've only played once, and I liked the strategy of when and where to place the colored tracks. However, it also seemed like it was a lot easier for people who didn't win to lose by a LOT. I didn't really find this to be a welcome change, as it tends to make the game shorter (and I wished it were longer without the expansion). In the game I played, the game almost ended after the first round.

Anyone else have similar experiences?

Posted Tue May 27, 2008 6:01 pm
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Steve Oliver

(steveoliverc)

United States
Alameda
California

How many players did you have?

I haven't played it enough to know for sure, but I agree that it seems to lower some of the scores each round.

But that makes up for what the expansion does to the length of each round -- the game seems to take longer to play.

Posted Wed May 28, 2008 1:14 pm
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Chris Hawks

(Salt-Man Z)

United States
Apple Valley
Minnesota

When playing with TransAmerica, we've found it somehow evens the scores out more. For example, without the expansion, a player starting alone on the west coast will often hand the game to the first player to connect to them. The expansion can solve that problem. So TransAmerica games seem to run longer (closer) with the expansion.

With TransEuropa, we've found that the opposite seems true. The Europe map is so difficult, using the expansion often makes it harder on players who were already going to lose big points, giving them even lower scores and ending the game sooner.

That's my impression, anyway.

Posted Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:37 pm
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Paul Beasi

(seqiro)

United States
Easthampton
Massachusetts

Phrim wrote:

I've only played once, and I liked the strategy of when and where to place the colored tracks. However, it also seemed like it was a lot easier for people who didn't win to lose by a LOT. I didn't really find this to be a welcome change, as it tends to make the game shorter (and I wished it were longer without the expansion). In the game I played, the game almost ended after the first round.

Anyone else have similar experiences?

I had this experience playing with the Vexation expansion tonight. Together with getting three REALLY terrible combinations of cities in a row, I ended the game very quickly. Several players were 6 or more away from completion after the end of each round which was way higher than usual.

The game was far more frustrating to me and I think it'll be a while before I try to use the expansion again.

Posted Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:33 am
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