Proposal: Snakes (and Ladders) on a Plane
If the proposal “Actual Strategy” did not pass, then this proposal has no effect.
In the rule “The Turn”, append the following as sub-bullets of the bullet “Phase 2”:
* [3] If a Token you control is on a turquoise square, and there are no other restrictions on changing that Token’s Position, you may increase that Token’s Position by 20 if the resulting Position would be in a square that exists.
* [0] ‘’‘For each Token that you control that is on a magenta square, if there are no other restrictions on changing that Token’s Position, you must decrease that Token’s Position by 20, to a minimum of 0.’‘’
In the same rule, append the following as sub-bullets of the bullet “Phase 3”:
* [5] You may change the color of a white square or a magenta square to turquoise as long as there are no Tokens occupying that square and there are no other restrictions on changing the color of that square.
* [2] You may change the color of a white square or a turquoise square to magenta as long as there are no Tokens occupying that square and there are no other restrictions on changing the color of that square.
Set the color of the squares at values 100, 200, 300, and 399 to White.
In the rule “Gates”, append the following as a new paragraph:
A square that is a Gate may not have its color changed.
Fast travel, either across an island or between two islands. The energy costs might need balancing.
Also found an issue with changing the color of a Gate. Since those squares are part of becoming a Royal, the colors shouldn’t be changed such that it becomes impossible to keep a Token on that square. Rather than adding exceptions to every rule that concerned moving Tokens on particular colors, I found it more straight-forward to simply limit the color of Gates to White so that they don’t do anything other than allowing a Meeple to become a Royal.
And can I just say the last few proposals have been genuinely great ideas? I was actually fine with the limited strategy, there’s definitely some fun to be had with games like that; but I was getting VERY concerned with the speed of the game and the small amount of things to actually *do* on your turn. Great fix, habenero (even if I didn’t get a comment in on time to tell you so) and great follow up JD
Habanero:
50 free tiles for 9 Energy and a Sprint (5 to make the tile, 1 + sprint to move onto it, and 3 to use it) is a bit much (compared to dice rolling, which gets you an average of 3.5 tiles per Energy on a small Token). I’d reduce it to 20
I’d also make magenta tiles significantly cheaper than turquoise ones (considering that they’re probably less valuable). Maybe 2 energy to magenta a tile and 5 to turquoise it. Also you should be able to overwrite turquoise with magenta and vice-versa
Why is the “You must perform this action once for each Token you control during your Turn.” there? I don’t quite get that bit