tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678989644685757600.post6236601216851742144..comments2016-06-23T15:24:13.730-04:00Comments on Isamoor's Corner: Taming the CollectionIsamoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17246918125961752266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678989644685757600.post-74921945241428474282010-08-24T22:00:51.528-04:002010-08-24T22:00:51.528-04:00I'm still not sold on Homesteaders or Vegas Sh...I'm still not sold on Homesteaders or Vegas Showdown being any different.<br /><br />I perfectly understand the tension of having to bid high since you cannot rebid. It just seems to not entirely be like an auction then. In Vegas Showdown or Homesteaders you often bid up the other players just to make sure they don't get anything too cheap. Why would that not work in Amun-Re?<br /><br />I'll probably play it as written first, but I really don't see what distinguishes the bidding parts of it from the other games mentioned.Isamoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246918125961752266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678989644685757600.post-34830375750627974072010-08-17T21:54:50.596-04:002010-08-17T21:54:50.596-04:00Disallowing re-bidding is not 'annoying' -...Disallowing re-bidding is not 'annoying' - it's the whole point of the auction! It really makes you bid the right amount in the first place, and there is nothing random about which province you get.<br /><br />If you like auction games where you can bid low on what you want and hope to get it at a bargain because noone outbid you, then Amun-Re might not be for you. The mechanism forces you to make a real bid by really punishing you for underbidding when you get outbid.<br /><br />There is a power card that allows you to rebid, so if you get that you could try to be a cheapskate, knowing you could use the card to re-bid on the same auction (in fact, you could bait someone into overbidding you but underbidding overall, then surprise them with that power card!).<br /><br />In Homesteaders you can take debt, so there's theoretically infinite money. You can re-bid in that game because the focus is different - it allows you to consider whether you are willing to take debt when someone outbids you... it's still good to make the 'correct' bid first, but since you can always take debt you can always afford to bid up. I think Alex has written something about that somewhere - maybe on BGG? If not, maybe that would be a good question to ask him!Seth Jaffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449603052617321357noreply@blogger.com