by Tuomas H
I played a 2p game with 5 extra tier3 hexes, and the early game was a lot longer. Our first contacts were around round 7, when usually they are around rounds 4-5.With your setup the game will be less tight than 6ers usually are, with the extra ancient challenges, meaning that early game non-contact phase might also be a bit longer. Seems like a nice variant to try, so how about this: you can go ahead and play it with your group and be first to come back to tell us how you felt about that setup.