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Any coop game can be played solo. Since all the players are cooperative anyway, playing all the players by yourself doesn't change a ton.One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.-
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Fan of 7 Wonders, Dominion, I think I saw some other games mentioned in this thread that I've played and for the life of me can't think of their names. One is the game where it becomes 1 player vs. everyone else, and the other is this galactic domination game that sees you take control of one of many, many races of alien...I can't remember the name of either game though...-
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Eclipse?One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.-
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I just got Nuns on the Run, which is sort of reverse Scotland Yard. That's pretty fun, too.One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.-
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In post 287, zoraster wrote:So THAT'S why he was bitching about TTR being "just card drawing and luck" last night.
I think I agree here. Unless I'm mistaken, it seems to me the dominant strategy in ticket to ride is rather obvious.Surrender, imagine and of course wear something nice.-
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Well yeah there's one dominant strategy, it's to use tickets to get points.
TTR is a tactical game, not a strategic one. Not an especially deep tactical game, but more than nothing. Talking about the strategy of it is like saying there's a 'strategy' for Yahtzee. They're not really strategy games, its about mentally estimating probabilities. The difference is that TTR involves other people so it's a little less solvable."Don’t buy a dozen eggs if you just want a hardboiled egg. Don’t buy a head of lettuce if you just want a salad. Don’t buy eggs and lettuce if you want egg salad because those are not the right ingredients." -Julius Bloop-
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In post 319, hitogoroshi wrote:Well yeah there's one dominant strategy, it's to use tickets to get points.
TTR is a tactical game, not a strategic one. Not an especially deep tactical game, but more than nothing. Talking about the strategy of it is like saying there's a 'strategy' for Yahtzee. They're not really strategy games, its about mentally estimating probabilities. The difference is that TTR involves other people so it's a little less solvable.
Comparing TTR to Yahtzee is ridiculous. And saying "the dominant strategy is to get tickets to get points" is a little like saying "the object of football is to score touchdowns." It's "correct" insofar as it goes... the person who uses tickets to get points is going to win in most games just like the team that scores more touchdowns wins most games. But it's not really a strategy.
No, TTR isn't chess. It has an element of luck, and there are certainly better and worse ways to approach the game (duh?). It has both tactical and strategic elements, though it certainly leans tactical. But there are a lot of things going on. It's less "solvable" than a lot of worker games, for example. It's less "solvable" than Dominion or other deck building games. Scarcity of resources (tickets, cards, and routes) plays a huge part in any game where people know what they're doing. You have to be, to a large degree, flexible in the game..-
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And a lot of it is about figuring out what your opponent is trying to do, and stopping them. I'll put down on the Nashville-Atlanta, New Orleans-Houston, or Toronto-Sault Ste Marie lines, even if I don't need them, just because those are the "choke" points for a lot of other routes, and it can be a long way around.One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.-
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In post 319, hitogoroshi wrote:Well yeah there's one dominant strategy, it's to use tickets to get points.
TTR is a tactical game, not a strategic one. Not an especially deep tactical game, but more than nothing. Talking about the strategy of it is like saying there's a 'strategy' for Yahtzee. They're not really strategy games, its about mentally estimating probabilities. The difference is that TTR involves other people so it's a little less solvable.
Yahtzee has the strategy choice (which isn't obvious to everybody) where you either go for the bonus or go for 4 of a kind etc.
The europe version might have some rules different to others, I don't know. But there you really can't go without your large route pretty much, gives simply too many points. Further, getting new routes asap (where the "p" is determined by routes which you have to take since they could easily get blocked by others) is pretty much mandatory. The only real choice you have is afterwards, at what point you show off which routes you actually have.Surrender, imagine and of course wear something nice.-
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