shinjuku

Playtest #59

Mon 16 Dec 2019

Participants: Adam B, Gary K

Testing:

sidebar of customers
- 4 cards on conveyor belt
- 5 customers drawn and placed on cards
  - customers clumped by type
  - e.g., all Food placed on same card
- at start of turn,
  - player takes/places customers on next card
  - next card is drawn
  - new customers are drawn
    - equal to the number of customers just placed
    - so there are always the same number
dept store upgrade payment goes onto sidebar
- to increase the total number of customers in sidebar

customers placed on card in what order?
- Food (if present) on first card
- Clothing on next
- Books on next
- Video on next
need to be clear on who should draw the customers
- place at start or end of turn
start of turn feels better for placement
- but next player should draw next card and customers
- allows player to take their turn
- speeds game along
should the player take the card used to place the customer?
- currently it is discarded
- if they take the card, it would be a small income
- good card - is guaranteed to have a customer there
  - to build or to draw customers
played with 52 customers
faster customer draw made this a short test game
too fast?
start with only 2 customers at start of next game
- 3 for 2p; 2 for 3p; 1 for 4p

The game plays faster now. Can it support 5 players?

If we take the customer card into the players hand
- instead of discarding
- then hand size will need to be reduced to 4
- or else 5 cards + 1 = 6 which is 2 wildcards.

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