by Markoak
Two days ago we played a 9 player game. Everybody have played at least twice (mostly vanilla) before. It took us near 5 hours. The last one was only screaming one to each other (Machiavelli style).Some thoughts:
1- The Round Tokens (pink & grey) must move at once. Never allow the pink to reach a player who holds the grey.
2- Alliances are essential. Choose wisely and act soon. It's almost impossible to defend a hex from 3 differents player at same time.
3- Some technologies & Discoveries SHOULD BE revised. Basically my advice is to duplicate (two tiles instead of the one in the gamebox) or eliminate the next techs/discoveries: Neutron Absorber, Point of Defense, MORPH SHIELD ...
I think some of these advancements really unbalance the game. Adding one tile more prevents from creating Invencible players. Or eliminating them should work too.
Besides this, 9 people enjoyed this fantastic game in less than 5 hours.
P.S: Mr. Touko, you're a gentleman and a scholar!. LOL.