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Topics - Max Mapleton

#1
When a game finishes and it switches to the "You Win" screen (I hear there's also a "You Lose" screen but I've never seen that myself), please show the game log somewhere. Most of the time I won't look at it but sometimes I might want to see why something happened. Especially with Reckless-timer games where I don't have time to be looking at the log during the game. I can look at the log at the end of the game before going to the summary screen, but seeing both at the same time is helpful.

The game log also shows the players' ranking score. At this point you could also show how the players' scores changed as a result of the game: "Player 1: 45.80 -> 45.83; Player 2: 49.21 -> 49.17"

Thanks for considering this and for your continued work on the game!
#2
Feature Requests / Disable 1-player games please
24 February 2026, 12:00:53 AM
If I finish a game and the other player leaves while I'm in the process of clicking the Ready button (or if I don't notice they've left), it then starts me in a completely pointless 1-player game. Since I'm not subscribed currently, it's even worse since it's a 1-player game with the base set.

When the other player leaves, the Ready button should automatically disappear or be disabled.

For those weirdos who like 1-player games, I guess you could have an opt-in setting that allows that to happen somehow.
#3
Game #174451326. Forgot to check which server.

Enlightenment was active. Opponent played Warlord on their turn, so now I am limited to the number of coppers I can play. I played 2 coppers (as actions because of Enlightenment), then played some other cards, then I could no longer play my remaining coppers. The Autoplay Treasures button also failed since I wasn't allowed to play those coppers, so I had to resign the game.
#4
Feature Requests / "After This Game" chooser
14 January 2026, 01:50:42 AM
This isn't an IMPORTANT feature at all, but if the devs are bored some afternoon ...

I'd like to see some sort of interface appear somewhere once the current game is coming to a close. For example, when there are just 2 Colonies/Provinces remaining, or 2 piles are empty. Or it could just be an option hidden in the game settings, or a small button that's always visible.

It allows you to select what you would like to do when this game ends:

  • Play another game with the current player(s)
  • Search for a new game
  • See game summary
  • Return to lobby

If the player makes a choice here before the game ends, there is a 5-second cancel button before the choice is executed.

If both/all players choose option 1, a new game begins between them. If one player doesn't choose option 1, then player(s) who did get(s) moved to option 2 instead.

When players play multiple games with each other, there could be a multi-game summary showing how many games each player won.

(I'd also love to see my win-loss ratio versus players I've played with before.)
#5
Card Bugs / Abundance triggering during Cleanup
18 March 2025, 11:02:11 PM
I don't think this is really a bug because of how it happened, but it maybe needs some clarification in the FAQ or possibly on the card. Maybe it's too much of an edge case to matter.

Game number 159955806, which included:
  • River Shrine: "Trash up to 2 cards from your hand. At the start of Clean-up, if you didn't gain any cards in your Buy phase this turn, gain a card costing up to $4."
  • Abundance: "The next time you gain an Action card: +1 Buy and +$3."

I played River Shrine, and played a couple of Abundance cards. I did not gain any cards in my Buy phase, which triggered River Shrine to allow me to gain an action card. I did, and that triggered both Abundance cards which were in play, so I got +$3 and +Buy twice. However, my turn ended instantly (because I was in Cleanup) so I could not use that benefit at all.

Should Abundance even be able to trigger in the Cleanup phase? It wastes its effect completely.
 
Or, if it does trigger, should that return you to the Buy phase?
#6
As soon as it activates, Enlightenment is frequently frustrating for players: once they have used all their "normal" Action cards, don't realize they have not yet entered their buy phase due to having action-ified Treasures still left to play, so they start clicking on treasures. This reveals new cards, which makes the player's inevitable Undo requests problematic.

My request is that whenever Enlightenment is active during the player's Action phase, a small marker or token appears over each treasure card as a visual reminder that the card behavior has been altered. This could be a small circle that shows the face of the character on the Enlightenment card.
#7
Card Bugs / Mastermind able to play Shadow card
06 November 2024, 05:46:57 PM
Game #153522004

Mastermind is supposed to play an Action card "from your hand", but I was able use it to play Fishmonger from my Shadow cards.
#8
When automatching, the free player often has to wait a while to find a paid player with expansions. As such, the free player might leave the tab and do something else on their computer or device. When they are finally matched, a sound plays, but there is no other attention grab, so the free player might not see that the game has started. This forces the paid player to wait around until the timeout so they can resign the free player. I have been a paid player in the past, currently free; this has been a mild annoyance for me in either role.

To solve this, do one or more of the following if possible:

  • system-level notification, so they see it wherever they are
  • bring game window to the front
  • give the free player 10 seconds to confirm they are ready, booting them back into the automatch queue if they don't respond
  • give higher queue priority to free players who have the game window in focus, deprioritizing those who are elsewhere
  • change the window icon to make it noticeable that a game is starting
  • play the notification sound 3 times, 10 seconds apart
Thanks!
#9
Support / How to Save Table?
19 April 2018, 04:30:46 PM
Under My Table, where is the option to save the table I've just created, so I can come back to it in the future and play without having to rebuild it?

I think more people would play custom tables if they were listed on the main Matching page also.