Reply: Glory to Rome:: General:: Re: Would GTR be better or worse with 5 colors instead of 6?

by ackmondual

gyc365 wrote:

While trying to rationalize away a crushing defeat the other day (it must have been my unlucky draws rather than my opponents skill :), I started thinking about the effect on the game of having fewer distinct Roles/Materials.

It would certainly reduce the randomness, but would that be good or bad for the game as a whole? Part of the fun with GtR is that it has so many "broken combos" - maybe if the game was "tamed", it would be less fun?

For one thing, it'd make Craftsman more powerful... it's happened more often than not (or perhaps I notice it more b/c it's more annoying) that I can't find the matching color cards in my hand for 2 differently colored, started buildings.... I believe having 6 different colors has something to do with that.

By contrast, Architect may be a 2-step process, but since you usually control what goes into your Stockpile, at least the uncertainty is removed there.