Open drafting for new players
For a teaching game, players may discuss the hands they are passing. Turns the first game into a shared puzzle instead of a silent one.
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More 7 Wonders houserules
- Military victories score double
Victory tokens are worth double their printed value — 2, 6 and 10 instead of 1, 3 and 5 — while defeat tokens still cost 1 each. Military becomes a strategy somebody can actually commit to rather than a tax you pay your neighbours.
- Wonder draft
Deal each player two wonder boards and let them choose one, returning the other to the box. Adds a small opening decision and reduces the luck of the wonder deal.