by turbothy
BevvyB wrote:
On a design note, if the cards in TS adopted some kind of iconography as used to great effect in Race For The Galaxy (a game with virtually NO words on each card) then it would be a lot easier to quickly check a chart to answer lots of questions. As the cards are all blue, with text, underlined writing and the occasional asterisk there's not much there to help you quickly spot cards that work with other cards, cards that stay out, cards that do this kind of thing or that kind of thing. Just a thought - ANYTHING to get more people into the playing of the game more quickly.
The "underlined writing and the occasional asterisk" is all you need to know. Asterisked cards are removed after play, underlined cards have a lasting effect (described on the card). No need for gaudy icons.