We now have two separate game modes available for players to try out, complete with their own rules/tutorials (available as of yesterday). Simple, is just your normal everyday Overflow. Complex, on the other hand, is a slightly different animal.
The changes in gameplay evolved for a variety of different reasons.
When I was first watching people playtest Overflow, stacking a lvl 1 tile on a lvl 1 tile they immediately tried to stack another lvl 1 tile on a lvl 2, thinking it would change. Now, that is possible.
But getting to the lvl 3 state was too powerful, once a player did so there was nothing anyone else could do. To counteract this, a new 4th tier tile has been added. These dark colored tiles can only be played on tier 3 tiles, and when they are they transformed to a 4th tile state, which replaces the old 3rd tile state.
By doing this, games become longer, more strategic affairs that cause players to chose between sabotaging one another or permanently securing territory.
Over the next few week we will be play testing the modes, seeing which is more popular and making a decision on which will be the final version, but for now they are both freely available for you to play (your can do so HERE) and experiment with. Please let me know what you think @ zach@birnamwoodgames.com or at our facebook or twitter.
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