[MaxWilson]

Dr. P,

Can you quantify what you mean by "a lot more... bad events"? Even subjectively? Twice as many barbarian attacks? Two vampire count attacks within 10 turns? I love Order-3 but I hate paying points for it, and I haven't felt like luck was a major factor in any of my handful of games so far. Bad luck hasn't even really been an irritant, actually. Large maps, generally 180+ provinces and 4-8 AIs, and I always take Growth scales. (There was one quick little test game where I took Turmoil-3, Death-3, Misfortune-3 and had half my population killed off on turn two. That's the only event I've ever had that I'd feel it was worth spending points to avoid.)

-Max