tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9319479.post6880162610967755388..comments2024-03-07T15:32:53.014+02:00Comments on Yehuda: Indonesia, 7 Wonders, Acquire, IvanhoeYehuda Berlingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16038826060312027387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9319479.post-64907697348806261922011-04-27T17:43:12.469+03:002011-04-27T17:43:12.469+03:00I really like Indonesia. Probably in my top 20 of...I really like Indonesia. Probably in my top 20 of games. I agree that the map is a mess and you really need the FAQ for it.<br /><br />On the math stuff, you really just need one person who is good at this. Like for mergers, a quite reasonable thing to do is to have the person who understands how it goes the best figure out the starting bid, then have the bidders just bid whatever until someone wins, not worrying about the multiples of 7 thing, then have the math person round it up to the nearest multiple and say who pays what to whom so in your example 243 is NOT a multiple of 7 but 245 is so the split would be 175 for the 5/7 person and 70 for the 2/7 person.<br /><br />Shipping is kind of similar. As long as one person is good at it, have them figure it out and then explain the options. "At minimum shipping cost for you, you will need to pay at least 25 to ship your Rice. 15 has to go to Alan, the other 10 you can decide on between Alan and Bob, giving either one all 10 or 5 each."<br /><br />Yes, players can propose very bad mergers and I with new players try to warn them to be careful when doing mergers and that slots is the much simpler and often as good or better choice. I also for most of the times I played had a rule apparently wrong that I think is an improvement that each player can only do one merger per turn. This is still very powerful and avoids some of the wilder moves people are making just because they can.<br /><br />I think despite the issues, it is well worth playing as it is like no other economic game I know of in many respects.Aaron Fuegihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617483114194916674noreply@blogger.com