shinjuku

Playtest #24

Thu 17 Jan 2019

Participants: self, JeffB, SverreR

Overview

• Testing:
  • Paris map
  • Thief expansion - Thief customers that match a good and cancel out a matching customer in scoring: 4 thieves: 1/each type
  • Flash Mob expansion - Customer token that immediately draws customers into that location: 4 mobs: 2/3/3/4

Components & Rules

Same as previous

Comments

Note: No need to remove customers for Flash Mob. Rules are already written this way, but I accidentally tried to do this when removing customers for the Thief.

• It might be nice (for consistency) if none of the expansions required removing customers during setup.

Paris Map:

• Need to place the dept store icon outside the circle on the map because it is covered up by a store during gameplay.

Oops! Forgot to have a burst of customers when we placed a dept store

• Corrected (after we noticed) by placing 2 customers per turn until end of game

During game, RobinS: How many of each customer type are in the bag?

• 60 customers: 18 ◯, 16 ⤫, 14 △, 12 ⭐︎
• It’s in the rulebook, but should place that information on the board somewhere

Scores:

• Jeff: 4◯ 5⤫ 4△ (4-1t)⭒ = 11 (-1thief; ignore 4◯)
• Sverre: 5◯ 5⤫ 4△ 3⭒ = 12 (ignore 5◯)
• Gary: 4◯ (5-1t)⤫ (5-1t)△ 0⭒ = 8 (-2thieves; ignore 4◯)

Game took longer than normal - ~1h20

• And felt like it should have been over since we all had our engines and were just trying to pick up the remaining customers.
• Why?
  • We forgot to burst the dept stores
  • Possibly took more time thinking about the new map?

During endgame, we had a bunch of single customers on the map. These are less interesting since you want to Move a group.

Sverre:

• Possibly have a larger number of small Flash Mobs

Jeff:

• Thief added an interesting decision to the game.

To make endgame more interesting:

• Add more customers
• Draw them faster from the bag
• Draw 2 customers/turn once the 2nd dept store is built
  • Should both go to the same location? or separate draws for each?
• This may have to be adjusted based on number of players

Possible expansions:

• “Lock” customers so they can’t be Moved
• Pick up customers along the way (perhaps by playing a card)

-1VP penalty for thief is too high. Benefit of thief is being able to skip a store during Move. Perhaps player with most thieves at end of game loses 1pt?

Suggestions/Actions

For next playtest:

• Add more customers (up to 80)
• Accelerate the customer draws after 2nd dept store is placed

Also, note on board how many of each customer type