Playing Toulouse, I often found myself wanting to use Manage Influence, but Learn a Ritual or a story-based action was often more important. I thought that was actually a good thing. In a lot of good board/card games, there are two great moments: 1) when you know exactly which move to make, and 2) when you've got it clearly narrowed down to a couple different, yet equally good, options.
The first of these is obvious, you get a sense of accomplishment and expertise by spotting the clearly superior move. The second is less obvious, but that agonizing moment of decision does more than just slow down the game as you think for a minute or two about what to do. Its really where you need to consider your strategy and preferences and ultimately there's an element of chance involved. This isn't where you just have no idea though, because you've obviously decided on some things not to do, so you still get that feeling of mastery to a smaller degree. Often these are the decisive moments of the game.
The first of these is obvious, you get a sense of accomplishment and expertise by spotting the clearly superior move. The second is less obvious, but that agonizing moment of decision does more than just slow down the game as you think for a minute or two about what to do. Its really where you need to consider your strategy and preferences and ultimately there's an element of chance involved. This isn't where you just have no idea though, because you've obviously decided on some things not to do, so you still get that feeling of mastery to a smaller degree. Often these are the decisive moments of the game.
