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Originally Posted by tarcone
Thanks for the review.
Do you think, like TS, that if you know the cards you will dominate? Or is there something that would keep an inexperienced player within striking distance of an experienced player?
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Good question.
The game has, I think, a bit more randomness to it, which can help keep players close together. Scoring for regions is determined randomly at the beginning of a turn.
There will definitely be advantages to experience and knowing the cards. My BIL did a solo playthrough after we played, and he noted that the British have an East India Company card that gives them an incentive to focus on commodities. So a French player who knows that the British have that card in their pocket will be able to play more defensively than a complete novice.
But there are less cards than in TS, so I don't think that it is as hard to learn all the relevant ones.
tl;dr yes there is an advantage to experience, but less than in TS.