gfishfunk wrote:
The rules state that you can place the ancient home worlds in empty player starting areas OR shuffle them in. That is not the question.
The question is IF you shuffle them in the draw pile, should you then remove an equal number of regular ancient tiles to preserve the balance inherent in the hex draw pile?
The question is IF you shuffle them in the draw pile, should you then remove an equal number of regular ancient tiles to preserve the balance inherent in the hex draw pile?
Of course not, the Expansion is called Rise of the Ancients for a reason!
If you want to preserve the balance of the original game, don't use the expansion hexes. The expansion hexes are better defended than normal Ancient tiles, so removing normal ancient tiles from the mix will not fix the "problem" (it may worsen it by making it more likely that Ancient homeworlds/hives are drawn).