3-4 player modes?

[Hero-of-Canton]

I think this game would be pretty hilarious if you could play with 3-4 people. Just something to consider if you're planning on making an expansion.

[Goatgoatgoat]

It's something we're definitely considering!

[El Chico Gordo]

Yea, that would be amazing. Hope this is still a plan.

[ↁэатЂДиↁРаіи2]

Honestly, I do not like the idea. The more players there are in the game, the more time you spend with sitting and idly waiting in front of your monitor until it is finally your turn. More players also introduce an additional element of luck, as multiple opponents might decide to go for you (or for someone else).

You can experience all these effects by playing Armello. Armello is a very nice game, but I defected to Antihero mainly because in Antihero I am the smith of my luck (which you are not when multiple opponents gang up on you), and particularly because I am so sick of waiting and waiting for the opponent's turns to finally end. Armello makes all of this even worse by adding lots of slow animations through which you have to wait (especially during the NPC turns). Antihero also has some of this, but not to that grave extent.

If you want four players, I encourage you to try out Armello. You will love it. Antihero is something different and should IMHO stay that way.

Besides, there are more urgent tasks at hand, such as revamping the ladder which is cluttered with long-gone players that occupy top positions from which they cannot be removed because they stopped playing many months ago.

[El Chico Gordo]

Okay, true, this is a good argument. But then again, I guess you don't have to play with four players.
It is true the waiting times may become horrible. But then again, I guess it would give a different layer of strategy since you have to team up against other players. In my mind there would be short term cooperations among two players in order to avoid further progress. Maybe even the other way around, a cooperation needed in order to making victory points. So that is what sounds interesting to me. Sure, the "base game" would become a bit slower if played with many. But it could get a new layer of meta-gaming that might make it more dynamic.

[ↁэатЂДиↁРаіи2]

As I said, try Armello. It matches the expectations you expressed very well and is generally a good game (save for the drawbacks I mentioned). You have it all there. And you can even get Armello heroes as avatars in Antihero! ;-)

[El Chico Gordo]

Yea, I already have Armello. Not sure why but I never played it a lot. From what I remember I felt Antihero had better mechanics. Like there is always a pro / contra feature to every action. It felt a bit less like that in Armello. But yea, thanks!

[Fdruid]

You can't play with more than two people? Came to the discussions page to ask. (It should be easier to tell from the store page, BTW. Most tabletop-like games are usually for more than 2 players so it's a safe assumption).

Anyway, I wish it supported more players because it's a lot of fun.

Regarding Armello comparisons, the good thing about Antihero vs Armello is that it's a hot seat game, there are no actions other players can take during your turns so it can be played in a single computer (or in a tablet in pass and play). Armello is great but you'd need a computer for each player.

[hugdealer]

Hm, I was looking for how long an average game might last and figured this would be a 4 player game. That's fine if not, but if it was mentioned on the store page I missed it. Looks really fun though, still considering

[Fdruid]

Originally posted by 🍕 hug ealer 🐫:

Hm, I was looking for how long an average game might last and figured this would be a 4 player game. That's fine if not, but if it was mentioned on the store page I missed it. Looks really fun though, still considering

Yeah, I think it's natural to get that impression.

[Capn Dribble'd On His Hook]

I wonder if theyve made any progress. just picked it up to play while its on sale

[CeeRo]

WTB 4 player mode :P

[The Sinless Assassin]

It can work, but turns will have to be streamlined. I'd imagine the maps would have to get bigger and/or the timer being shorter than 1v1.

[El Chico Gordo]

Well, I guess it would be a completely different game but turns might have been done at the same time. In the end there would have to be a simple logic in case of conflicts but it would be doable.