Re: [Review] Beowulf: the Legend

tomvasel@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>3.) Advanced Rules: I must say that I don't think I'll ever again play
>with the basic rules. Having gold used for auctions rather than having
>it equal to fame makes the game much more strategic. Instead of me
>hoarding gold towards the end, now I must strategize as to which
>auction I'll spend it on - so that I can get greater rewards later on.

I agree. I really don't know why companies but the 'basic' but inferior
rules set in as default - it just means that most players don't manage
to see what the real game is, because the word 'Advanced' scares them off.

>forcing others to play cards. The gold auctions are the most tricky,
>because the second place winner in most of them gets nothing, so the
>second place player often gets shafted. They've used up most of their
>gold and have nothing to show for it, and now they won't do so well in
>the following auction.

I think that you are playing this incorrectly. In the rules it states:
"If you cannot, or do now want to (see page 5 first column), equal the
remaining total, you turn all your treasure tokens already revealed face
down and add them to your collected tokens. This means that when you are
knocked out you don't lose the tokens you bid!"

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