by HiredSword
dtmoura wrote:
It is my wife and myself and we know regular TTR shines at 4p, we really like it that way and it is our #1 choice when another couple joins us... But there is zero chance we can find another couple to commit for so many games but there is a chance I can get my 8yr son to be a 3rd player.... so:
- Would you guys go ahead and play at 2p or avoid at all costs (considering one would hardly play the campaign twice)?
- Would it be appropriate to get my 8yr as the 3rd player even though I know he won't play "optimally" (ps, he wont be forced, he likes games, but I know he will play loosely)
Thanks!
- Would you guys go ahead and play at 2p or avoid at all costs (considering one would hardly play the campaign twice)?
- Would it be appropriate to get my 8yr as the 3rd player even though I know he won't play "optimally" (ps, he wont be forced, he likes games, but I know he will play loosely)
Thanks!
I would avoid playing at 2p.
1. You've already established that you know the standard game is better at 4p, so you'd have to think that the Legacy version would be similar, and I'd bet you'd be right.
2. Legacy games by their very nature are designed to accommodate larger player counts. In every Legacy game I have played, this has held. Designers even go so far as to add "built-in missing player" fudging (i.e. adding parts from the non existent player), to help fill out their board/content.
3. I think that so much material would go unused in a 2 player game, that I would feel like I just didn't get the full experience of the game or the story.
Frankly I wouldn't play it with less than 4. My group is playing with 4 and I really wish we had worked harder to get a 5th player.
Maybe you and your wife can play it two-handed, where each of you plays 2 different Train companies. It won't be the same a 4 different players, but at least you'll get to see more content.