I have a bit of a concern with the second printing of the game. The new cards are most definitely sharper and shinier, but I see a potential problem.

That problem is players bringing treasure of different printings and using it as an indicator of either good or bad gold.

Say a player brings a 2nd printing "6" gold and a 1st printing "2" and 4, "1"s. So wherever that piece of gold gets placed, he knows where it is (based on what printing of gold his opponent brings). I also noticed subtle color variations on the gold from the same printings as well. Darker and lighter yellow pieces.

If an opponent isn't one to pick up on such a method of cheating, they could (literally) get robbed.

(And yes, I believe that there are players that would do that and plead ignorance when caught).

I'm open to ideas on how to prevent such a way of cheating. As a Privateer, I'll be watching for it.

FRED

I would say dont let them play with it... Its not hard to get gold... so prove to him/her that you can tell the difference and ask to play all 1 edition of gold.

We do a blind draw out of a hat for the first time an island is explored.... then leave the gold there if its not all taken.

Good luck.

Capt Dingus

Good point.

When I opened a few packs of the 2nd printing I was dazzled by how much better the cards look. Nice rich color, sharp art with a proper contrast.

Makes me wish I'd have waited...because now I want to replace my old muddy collection with the new and improved art. :rolleyes:

Such a noticeable difference could be used to stack islands...I'd assume chits would need to be checked pre-game, to make sure nothing dubious is involved.

I guess they were just in a hurry to get the set out by Origins this year and didn't care what the initial print run looked like...the 2nd printing is beautiful.

-Q

can you not put the gold under the island?? and just put markers on top to indicate how many gold is underneath?

I have a similar problem with the gold. I have one rumm from the old print run, and one from the new. I use 4 tokens worth 3 gold with that setup. I have been using new rum with 2 new 3 gold tokens, and old rum with 2 old 3 gold tokens. This is about the best solution I could come up with.

Well, you too could play with mixed gold. If his 6 point gold is a new card. put in a buch of new 1 point gold, or a couple of plauges from the same run

The treasure problem is more of an issue if the plague is from the first printing and the gold is from later.

The gloss is very obvious on the new cards though I do have one problem...

All my 5 mast ships have trouble getting the aft castle on. It seems the slit on the port side is too narrow.... URGH!!!!