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Hyperborea?
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I did just buy it on the strength of recommendations here. In transit as I type.
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Before you dive in though you should be cautioned that the game was FAQed over by the designers. You can read the ensuing shit storm that followed on TOS. Basically, some nerd figured out how to break the game by getting repeated bag resets on his turn or..... An endless turn. So they FAQed that instead of being able to leave cubes out on your board when you reset, you must clear all cubes and drop them in bag. That ruling really makes a significant difference in where you assign your cubes and how you are going to efficiently cycle through the bag.
I don't follow the FAQ. I think it lessens the game. I have simply house ruled that you can only reset once on your turn.
It is a great game though, when I brought it up to Nocal to play with my old gaming buddies it was 3 turns in they were fighting over who would buy a copy of it to play when I left town.
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Seems like people are pissed they didn't catch it in play testing before it was released. Strike one. Then they ripped a significant chunk of meat out of the game in an over-reaction to fix it. Strike two.
If you clear all cubes on reset it likely slows the game down. Makes resets less frequent, makes you use all the cubes without being able to focus on a direction. My fix of one reset per turn really works well and doesn't mess with the original intent as much as their correction does.
Don't let this be a deal breaker for you unless you are super-anal about your rules!
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It's better with the FAQ, which is a pretty simple change IMO.
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Re the game breaking feature - I had always assumed that skipping so many turns due to resetting would create a bigger lead for you opponents. Apparently the cities are even more powerful than I thought!
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Thanks for reminding me I need to get this back to the table in the near future.
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