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Hi, altogether...
First of all, we played the game only twice (5er and 3er). So I am not an expert and maybe miss some "game-deepness".
Second: I am not a war-gamer and love many Eurogames...
...however Batavia seems to me not like a game at all, but more like a "simulation". I don't have the feeling, to interact (= compete) with other players as much as in other Euros...
Points, that make me feel Batavia to be a "simulation":
1.) You almost cannot "force" opponents to draw the two cards (if you try, you will only hurt yourself - pirates!). (Happened only once in the 5er game.. but not because the person was forced it was "randomness").
2.) The auctioned cards mostly cost the same. So you can almost only try to get the "good draws"... but as other players do the same, it is just luck, who has the most cash in the right moment. There's no other use for cash (until the end)
3.) Too many different wares: Competition for a type of ware is not rewarded. Seems better, to have a "box" in every trading post.
4.) Game is too short to "plan ahead".
I now have the following ideas, to pimp the game up:
1.) If someone moves his figure to get a ware-chip when having a majority, an other player can intervene: If he discards more matching ship-cards from his hand, than the active player has lying in front of him, the ware-chip goes to the the intervening player instead and (he also places one of his boxes on the according trading post). Afterwards the active player can try to get a different chip by "using" another majority (even by playing more cards). If he can't get a chip this turn, he may draw 2 cards. The figure remains at the last collected chip (regardless, who got the chip).
That way the player after a pirate attack cannot get chips that easily just by playing one card of a sunken company (second player by playing two and so on).
2.) This works fine/maybe is needed with 1.):
After an auction, before money is distributed, any player may "pay" 1 "money" to each opponent, to take part in another auction. The money for the "old" auction is then not yet distributed, but put in front of the according players. They may not use it in this round yet for following auctions. Don't know, if it's clear, what I mean... bad english ;-) just ask!
What do you think? Any more ideas?
Greetz, HivedOne!
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Posted Sun May 22, 2011 11:30 pm