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When I bought the Deluxe edition, it showed as a separate entry in the games tab, not as update of the base game - is this intentional, or a bug?

OST was added to the base game.

The lack of DLC on GOG was concerning, but I was hoping/expecting they'd release them as a single combined DLC when they were done. Wasn't really expecting a "deluxe edition" that makes an extra entry in my library. Not entirely ideal, but at least it's essentially on par with the Steam version now in the sense that the DLC is available (even if it's everything or nothing), and victory records for already-played maps are intact.

As someone who only uses offline installers I appreciate this way since it results in only one download needed for everything, although it would be nice if GOG could combine the two entries (or at least add the soundtrack to both for people who want that). I wish all complete versions worked like this so there would only be one download (or, even better, that developers would just make one complete game to sell rather than a bunch of DLC).

Note that there isn't a launch discount at all on the deluxe edition (there is for the soundtrack); it sounds like the 55% off for owners of the base game will stick around and the current US price is a few cents higher than the base price of the season pass on other stores, although it has already been discounted somewhat elsewhere.

I like the game, although I haven't even started all the base maps yet. It is a 4X game turned into a complex but plausable board game so individual games are limited to maybe an hour or two per game (at least with default settings, which can be changed in a few different ways). There is randomization in the form of cards that you pick one from two options each turn but can only store three uncompleted cards (some are free small benefit like free expansion to a particular terrain type and some are bigger benefit with a bigger cost, like pay a certain amount of resources now to get bonus resources for a few turns or get resources for perfoming some action). There isn't "get a bonus on future games" that messes up a lot of games with more predictable play time.

Too bad the progress can't be transfer. Otherwise I'd have bought it.

The only "progress" I'm aware of is the victory records, which as I mentioned do transfer. Saved games don't, but I think after completing all factions on all of the base maps, I had to save maybe once or twice. The rounds just don't last that long. If for some reason you have a game in progress with the regular edition, finish it before switching to the deluxe edition.

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This sure does look spreadsheets. But why is there a currency symbol instead of a stamped coin? Looks really out of place for a bronze age game.

It's not. But you're OK with the beaker symbol indicating knowledge? They're just abstract symbols meant to be easily recognizable.

If you play the tutorial, which you can for free in the demo (I think you get the full game but only one map), the game is presented as a victorian era British board game so using the pound sign makes sense in context (the developers are British). I'd prefer something more generic too but it isn't out of place considering the context of the tutorial.

Yes, it already still costs (with the 55% discount) just a tiny bit more than the regular season pass elsewhere. And season pass has not only been discounted on multiple other stores in the past, but is discounted right now on several different stores...

This isn't a "loyalty discount", this is a "let's give loyal customers a somewhat worse deal than the normal deal they could have gotten if they weren't".

Sure! Before Natural Philosophy became the Sciences we know, what were alchemists but people mixing random things together? ;)