by Ishiro on Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:27 pm
Missing a turn is not a distinct advantage... If the other players allow it to be, that's their fault.
How it work... lets say in a traditional game, they hold the US, normally worth 5 bonus armies... but they miss a turn, this is gives everyone another chance to break the player's hold on the US.. if they do, when they get back they get 0 bonus armies, despite the fact that they held it for the turn they missed. What should have been 3+5 for one turn and then either 3 or 3+5 for the next is now 3*2. Sure, they get 6 armies in one turn, but if he'd actually showed up and played, he would have gotten 8.
Plus, he gets no card for the turn he missed.
There really is no advantage to missing a turn unless the rest of the players let it happen.