Makelith wrote:
Yes, and he helps you back by giving you a VP for the office you claimed which in the games I've played have been a good deterrent.
And then he takes dominance of the office from you and you lose 2 points in the end.
If everyone is trying to rush for bonus tokens, then block them, dump your pieces on the board, book them wherever you want and grab a shitload of privileges or a bad ass network.
[edit]: play it a lot more. I've only played it maybe 2 dozen times and I'm only just feeling competent relative to the folks I play with who have at least 10 times as many games behind them as I do.