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Written by Grayson on 2024-08-14 at 00:19

Oh hell...

Playing by vibes is an experience...

(Half way through the game. My layout is hot trash)

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Written by Grayson on 2024-08-14 at 13:03

Well, the layout never really got fixed, but I did spend the last fifth of the game (era D cards) just building random stuff virtually every single turn. Didn't even occupy most of it, just plunked it down and that saved me.

Scores: 214 (me) / 210 / 187 (a novice)

The biggest issue is that my settlement layout was a mistake that I tried to pivot and correct about 1/3rd of the way through the game, provoked by two things: the house boat was placed wrong and I didn't catch it which shuffled a settlement up a space, which threw off my diamond pattern to avoid the farmhouse.

Periodically we try and speed run the game, it's normally a 2.5 hour game, but we shaved a little over 30min off for this.

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Written by Iain Cheyne on 2024-08-14 at 13:06

@grayson I was reading through the rules for Ora et Labora two days ago. I decided to leave it until I had a table and 2 hours spare to solo it!

It looks so cool.

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Written by Grayson on 2024-08-14 at 14:59

@iain IIRC, the solo game is unique compare to the 3/4p game or even the 2p setup because of a space limitation. I knew someone who played it a bunch and liked it. It fundamentally asks a different question of players because of how buildings can be covered up.

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Written by Iain Cheyne on 2024-08-14 at 15:54

@grayson Thanks for that. I'll just be doing it to learn how to play. I'm really not into solo games in general. Personally, I would rather play a video game.

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Written by Grayson on 2024-08-14 at 17:06

@iain Totally. I will warn, the setup and rules change by player count (with the fewest deviations at 3/4). You can totally multi-hand play the game solo to see what the 3p game looks like though.

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Written by Iain Cheyne on 2024-08-14 at 17:14

@grayson thanks again 🫡

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