On Aug 12, 2006, at 11:08 PM, Ron Hale-Evans wrote:
On 8/12/06, Jorge Arroyo Gonzalez <trozo@...> wrote:I tried the game today after building a seasons set. We were only two players, and the game seems to lose some of the fun, but it was enjoyable. We each made two clues each so that the game would last a bit more. I have to say the game does inspire the imagination. You can really see the rivers, forests, mountains, etc... in the 6x6 board. I think with 4 players that get into the mood of the game, itcan really be a lot of fun and I look forward to playing it that way :)-JorgeWow, Jorge, I'm glad you had fun, but PPLB is definitely not meant to be a two-player game. If you do create a two-player variant that really works well, let me know, and I'll add it to the Variants section.
Well, I think the game can be played with 2, but it loses a lot of the fun. All the "uncertainty" of not knowing who found what is gone because you both know everything that happens. With more players, I guess it must be difficult to keep a straight face after finding a specially difficult box, and that must be part of the fun.
That said. The fun of making the clues and trying to solve them is there, as is the "mood".
I think for two players a good way to play would be to link 3 or 4 different clues together in a way that the location of the first box is needed to solve the next clue and so on. It would give a sense of "following a trail".
I'm glad you got into the mood of the game. (I'm smiling as I write this.) Having a "mood" was definitely part of the design idea. Can we see some photos of your seasons set? The basic piecepack you made is so beautiful.
Thanks a lot :) I'll post some pictures on the wiki. I'm more happy with the design for the basic set, but this one has turned out ok.
By the way, I read your other answer (about the scoring) and your example made me see why it might not be such an issue that someone uses an impossible clue... :)
-Jorge