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Littlespike · Grumpy Old Man

I have had 4 types of 2nd cog rounds so far
I think it breaks down like this:

- EASY: 8 tables/ 4 Raiders/table: 32 + the 2 BC. Most times everyone can feed all the cogs
- MEDIUM: 9 tables/ 5 BC/table: 45 + 2 BC. Often you cannot feed the last 10-20
- HARD: 10 tables/ 6 raiders per table:
- REALLY HARD: 10 tables mixed BC/Raiders
- I haven't gotten INSANELY Hard

I think if the average # of victories of all toon is > 15-20 you move up from EASY to MED
> 25-30, MED to HARD and so forth

So gag conservation or having gag up unites can become a factor when most of the toons are past their 1st 3 to 4 suits (a bunch of Micromanager all board for instance, no pun intended) OR when you have 2-3 big suits.
1-5 victories = Flunky Suits
6-10 = PP
11-15 = Yesmen
16-20 = micros
etc...

I haven't seen anyone get upset when we over-fog, etc... cuz you have many options in the 2nd round (level7 gags, Fire Cogs, SOS or unites).

Often we do 1 Fog, 2 ele on the opening level 9/level12. I like to cake the 12 so no hits are taken.
I like to minimize any hits or requiring TU's vs conserving gags. So I'd opt to overkill vs underkill.

I enjoyed the run I did w/ TTF and hope I can do a few more.

I think the 1 Fog strategy was mostly to help come up with a no-brainer approach suggested early in the CCG. Mostly cuz people freak out when they run out of fog and start burning thru every level 6 gag they have. Some "rule oriented" folks get easily bent. (but that's a whole nother story)

So far I have never run out gags and very often never see many GU unites or level 7's (except for entertainment value). Then again, I run almost all my runs with randoms, evenings unless someone invites me to a run.

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