by Bwian
madhatter wrote:
Howitzer_120mm wrote:
Don't forget, you should be getting VPs for tech advances (the first player to get that tech).
We didn't forget that part. In a 4-player game, each sector will have 2, 2, 1, 1 of the four types of planets. Since everybody settled their starting sector, that meant we each got 1 - 4 VP's. Then that was it. So, until any skirmishing happened, only ~10 VP's (of 40) were out of the pool.
The game rewards specialization, so you're generally better off doubling up research stations on a planet you have two of, allowing you to reach tech level 3 in one area.
Not only does this take the science VPs up into the 20's range, it means at least one person should have battleships, and a new incentive to attack their neighbors.