#21258: "Turn-based mode makes it more difficult to use special cards"
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• Please copy/paste the error message you see on your screen, if applicable.
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
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• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
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Google Chrome v84
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
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• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
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• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
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• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
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• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
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• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
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• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
The game may be more easily played in turn-based mode if there was an option for players with sandbags or helicopter cards to be prompted as to whether they wish to play them during another player's turn. Or, give players the option to click a button to request a player use a certain card.
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v84
Report history
It is Joe's turn. He has four Earth cards and wants to ask Mary to use the helicopter to send him to the Temple of the Sun.
As it is right now, Joe has to put it in chat and hope that Mary sees it before the time is out on Joe's turn.
If Joe could hit a button asking Mary to use the helicopter, then the game could stop Joe's turn timer and wait for Mary to respond.
Some games were lost b/c lack of this.
Option 1:
Players could have an "ask for help" button. When they click the button, they then choose another player. This other player become the active player and beside the "Play Special" button they should get an "Done" button that makes the last player as the active one.
The details of the help, what you want the other player to do, you can write in chat.
Option 2:
Same idea, but the "ask for help" button automatically activates all players OR all players with special cards in hand OR all players with a chosen special card in hand. They all get an "Done" button to "end" their turns (it's their choice if they will use the special card or not), then the game goes back to the player that started the call for help.
I had another thought, where you as the current player could click on someone's special card, and this would trigger the ask for help action, and the players could decide if they want to use their special card or not.
I prefer the "call everybody at the same time" because with that all players can pay some atention to that turn, read the chat, and such other things...
Thanks for all your work on this game!
On real-time play, if you're paying attention you can just click on the right card whenever you want to play it, even if it's not your turn. But on turn-based, you won't be paying attention when it's not your turn, so no way to realize that your card may be useful
1) Allow players to use other's special cards (see: event cards in Pandemic)
2) As described above, allow players to request action from other players and move them to the "active" role (see: trade requests in Catan)
3) At the very least, allow active players to "snooze" their active mode until somebody else does something (see: turn based moves in Now Boarding)
There is literally no reason not to do it.
When enabled, the active player may select other players' special cards to wake them.
The card owner may reject the request and return the turn to the active player.
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