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Is there a way to play without having to give wine/beer to your colonists?
I bought this game day 1 cause I LOVE the concept, but as a personal rule I stay away from all things alcohol. Even the virtual concept of handing out beer felt awful. Had to drop the game eventually.
If anyone knows wether its possible to win a round without touching the virtual drink, please let me know. Good town building games are so damn rare :(
Beer (without alcohol) was part of the daily diet in the history (e.g Egyptians). You can pretend it's the same case here.
Huh, that could work. Thank you!
It's possible (and common) to win without alcohol, but in some cases you'd be handicapping yourself.
Guess you couldn't get into Frostpunk either if doing objectionable things in a game is a showstopper for you.
Nah, I actually did manage to win that one. No taverns :)
Still, thanks for letting me know that its doable. Off to buy the expansions!
You were okay with the child labor, forced 24 hour shifts, brothels, etc but draw the line at the tavern?
Never did any of them either. Still finished the main game. Its doable.
Mind if I ask your reasoning for this?
Just a personal tick.
It's possible to win a round without producing any. You might get some as a random drop. Alcohol and it's production buildings will also pop up as a takable option and by not taking it ever the game will be harder. Meaning the game will punish you by being harder for ignoring it. You can also forbid your colonists from drinking it except in some very rare scenarios where you could just abandon a run/town. So basically you can avoid it but it's always gonna be in your face. Feel free to ask if you want more info :)
Thanks for the intel. Gonna spin it up again, see how far I can take it.
I usually don't advertise my personal aversion to alcohol specifically because I'm not interested in getting backlash for it like you did. It would be understandable backlash if you were being judgmental about those who do drink, but you were not doing that, so it just feels plain bad to see that people downvoted you for your innocent question. I like to keep it out of my life too, and I do the same in games when I can, so you're not alone.
Thank you