AI in solitaire/co-op boardgames: How should it work?

[tomchick]

@Zilla_Blitz

I’ve been playing a [DVG Sherman Leader] campaign and I’ve noticed that these sorts of “you choose” situations come up quite often.

This is almost always a failure of solitaire game design. You should never have/get to choose what the AI does. That’s the job of the game systems.

@Zilla_Blitz

I reached out to the designer and got a reply today. They basically said that they playtested it both ways and either way is fine. They seemed to think in the grand scheme of things it didn’t make much of a difference.

I trust Dan Verssen Games’ claims to playtesting about as far as I can throw them. They’ve fallen a long long long way since Hornet Leader. :(

-Tom