by natbrooks
kjpw_88 wrote:
My question to you is could one play the six player game with the 9 player setup? That would lead to having 3 ancient home worlds but the downside is there would be a bigger map. Each player would be next to one other player and one ancient home world.
In the thread http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1001987/tips-for-5-players a player reports having tried this with five players. Personally, I think it was unfair to the newbies, since they had less access to the ancient home worlds. That wouldn't be a problem for six players.
I like the cramped, conflict-filled standard six player setup. But I don't think that your idea would break anything. It would just be different. It would probably change the relative strengths of the races. Figuring that out would be part of the fun.