shinjuku

Playtest #29

Thu 21 Mar 2019

Participants: KenK, JoshY, self

Overview

• Testing:
  • 2 new players (1 first game, 1 second game)
  • Draw customers into same spot when drawing multiple

Components & Rules

Baseline rules

Comments

Scores:

	◯	⤫	△	⭒	Score
KenK	5	2	~6~	3	10
JoshY	3	~4~	1	1	5
Gary	~5~	5	4	4	13

Josh:

• Like realistic Tokyo map with stations

Ken:

• Likes “tokening” (cf 18xx games)
  • Use tokens/stations to define line, but can be used offensively to block/tax other players
  • Really enjoyed this aspect

Adam:

• For resolving ties, look at Knizia’s The Quest for El Dorado.
  • Have a component that players can acquire that has a strict ranking. In El Dorado these are the dividers between map sections.
  • The ranking of the component should be related to the difficulty in acquiring it. In El Dorado, more difficult barriers were worth more for the tie-breaking.
  • For Shinjuku, this could be the dept stores. Each of the 12 stores could have a ranking with the better locations being worth less for tie-breaking.

Suggestions/Actions

For next playtest:

• Customer paid for dept store is removed from game.