Comments on: Alien Frontiers – A brave new world, with dice https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2012/11/alien-frontiers-board-game-review/ Wed, 02 Nov 2016 21:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Trent https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2012/11/alien-frontiers-board-game-review/#comment-6297 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:19:12 +0000 http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=7124#comment-6297 In reply to Aaron.

Aaron – I’ve thought about that as well. We like finding ways to speed up turns in games. Like in Carcassonne drawing your tile at the end of your turn to get ready for your next placement. Or in Dominion that’s why players draw cards to their hand as part of the end of their turn so they can think through options while others go. However, it won’t work in Alien Frontiers for one major reason – you leave your dice on the board taking up spaces on the board to block other players from those locations. Having spots already taken by other players when it’s your turn is a big part of the game. If players were to pick up their dice after they take their turn, the drama and fun in the game is lost. So unfortunately, we haven’t found an easy solution to speed up the turns.

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By: Aaron https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2012/11/alien-frontiers-board-game-review/#comment-6286 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:52:46 +0000 http://www.theboardgamefamily.com/?p=7124#comment-6286 This game has been on and off of my wishlist. The reason I’ve been waffling is one of the points you touched on. It’s hard to plan out your turn ahead, which makes for longer turns, which makes it less accessible to a lot of non-gamers and even to some gamers. Is there any possibility of the next player rolling for their turn so they can plan ahead while the current player allocates?

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