Please reduce the number of auctions

[NJDevil]

I was talking with an old friend who I used to play the Atari/C64 version with.  We remembered on a good day maybe 6 auctions.  Now you get that by turn 2 or 3 on avg.  Its just silly.  Please stop it.  its ruined the game.

With fewer plots you had to trade more.  Now you might have 5 full plots by turn 3.  It is making me rethink playing.  I know no one cares because of that, but I really enjoyed this game, but the auctions are ridiculous.

[jagov808]

The auctions are there to add strategy and an element of surprise to help balance out the game. Without the threat of multiple auctions everyone will simply horde their ore and it becomes a one dimensional game, partly decided by who gets first pick of land on the first round.

The current situation encourages trading. Now people may want to give up strategic food and nrg to gain cash for next round's possible auction.