Important poll about the future of the game.

If I put in my votes, should I see them reflected in the stars when I view the poll?

First great idea regarding gaining feedback from vtes community, well done.

I thought a two player rules format question may be useful (without effecting the existing multi-player mechanic we have now).

Ashur wrote:

Maddog wrote:

I thought a two player rules format question may be useful (without effecting the existing multi-player mechanic we have now).

Many great minds has pondered this over the years. It´s really hard to come up with something solid, because the game is as it is combatwise. Much, too much I think, has to be changed from the normal rules, and/or cards banned.

See, I think the game is solid enough for a two-player format to work without changing mechanics/rules too much. One necessary change is having alternate ways to play certain cards in two-player games, such as Kine Resources Contested (assign all 4 points to the opposing Methuselah) and Deflection (reduce the bleed amount to 1). Alternate texts for these cards would need to live somewhere (maybe online?) The other necessary change is related to regular constructed play not always working for two-player games. Certain strategies are just totally dominant (weenie swarm). One solution is to simply unblind decks before play. This way, strategies that would normally dominate in two-player games should be matched up with a foil strategy.

I understand that this is a totally different way to play the game, and it’s not for everybody. But, let’s focus on the positives: the games are shorter, some rules/mechanics are more streamlined (such as sequencing), combat is a more winning strategy, the endless deal making and lip flapping go bye-bye, voting becomes a simple numbers game, randomly being seated next to an unfavorable strategy is gone, and only 1 other person is needed to play.