I loved how this video appeared on my feed. I met Ninja first at Essen Spiel at the Agent Avenue - Nerdlab booth, where I shared some insight on another video they did. I love how well these games get explained.
Thanks a lot for the amazing video! :) super well explained and produced. Minor correction for 3 players: The lone player does not use two hands of 4 cards. They just use a single hand of 4 cards.
Interesting. Of course you are right, since you are the author of the game. I got confused by the picture in the rules and the wording. 'Their' in this sentence is very inclusive, but made me believe one team plays as two players and in the other each plays on their own. Combine that with the picture. On a different note: isn't it quite unfair for the player who plays alone? The team with two players has eight cards to choose from, although they don't know each other's cards. But since the turn order is not set, they can confer who goes first and plays the open card. So the player with the right card for the open spot volunteers while the other can put in the closed card and still has four cards to choose from (one more that the player with only one hand).
So my question to you is: how did you balance this and what were your findings during play testing? Have you considered playing with two hand of four or turn it around and give the two-players only three cards in hand each, so they have the advantage of two extra cards on their side but the disadvantage of not knowing exactly what the other player has...
Good questions! :) In this mode, the two sides hve diffetent advantages. The two players have more total cards, but the single player had an easier time coordinating clever plays as they don’t need to rely on a teammate to place the right card face up. In playtesting, the two sides turned out to be surprisingly even.
I loved how this video appeared on my feed. I met Ninja first at Essen Spiel at the Agent Avenue - Nerdlab booth, where I shared some insight on another video they did.
I love how well these games get explained.
Too bad we couldn't play Agent Avenue then, but I hope it went well with the tournament you were heading to! Thanks.
Thanks a lot for the amazing video! :) super well explained and produced.
Minor correction for 3 players: The lone player does not use two hands of 4 cards. They just use a single hand of 4 cards.
Correct. The rulebook says the following for the team variant (3-4 players): "deal each player 4 agent cards in hand".
Interesting. Of course you are right, since you are the author of the game. I got confused by the picture in the rules and the wording. 'Their' in this sentence is very inclusive, but made me believe one team plays as two players and in the other each plays on their own. Combine that with the picture. On a different note: isn't it quite unfair for the player who plays alone? The team with two players has eight cards to choose from, although they don't know each other's cards. But since the turn order is not set, they can confer who goes first and plays the open card. So the player with the right card for the open spot volunteers while the other can put in the closed card and still has four cards to choose from (one more that the player with only one hand).
So my question to you is: how did you balance this and what were your findings during play testing? Have you considered playing with two hand of four or turn it around and give the two-players only three cards in hand each, so they have the advantage of two extra cards on their side but the disadvantage of not knowing exactly what the other player has...
Good questions! :) In this mode, the two sides hve diffetent advantages. The two players have more total cards, but the single player had an easier time coordinating clever plays as they don’t need to rely on a teammate to place the right card face up. In playtesting, the two sides turned out to be surprisingly even.
Guildhall deja vu.
I sheepishly have to admit, that I don't know what you mean. The game Guildhall is not like Agent Avenue at all, I think. Care to elaborate?